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President’s Message By Lisa Coughlin Clay ’74 It is said that the quickest way to learn whether someone grew up in San Francisco is to ask where he or she “went to school”. A true San Franciscan will always answer with the name of his/her high school, not college. There is something about the high school experience which gives it a special place in our hearts. Many high schools in San Francisco inspire this kind of feeling among alums. We who are fortunate to be Lowell alumni of course believe that we attended a great, if not the best, high school in San Francisco. We wear our connections to Lowell with pride and demonstrate our loyalty and appreciation not only through our words, but also through our continued support of Lowell and its students. One wonderful example of this is illustrated by the following story, written by Alumni Association Vice-President and Development Chair Jim Rosenthal, involving the late Jerry Coleman’42 (whose obituary appears in this newsletter). “Jerry Coleman’s loyalty to Lowell was deep and wide. After being named Rookie of the Year as a member of the World Champion Yankees in 1949, he returned to a hero’s welcome at a huge and enthusiastic rally in the old Lowell courtyard. Among those attending were graduating seniors Grant Settlemier and Jim Rosenthal, who a few months later embarked on a cross-country auto trip that took them to Florida during the spring training season. They attended a Yankees game and brashly worked their way down to the dugout, hoping to say a brief hello to Jerry. Not only did Jerry greet them warmly and introduce them to some of the other players but—ever the true gentleman and loyal Lowellite—he invited them to dinner at the Yankees’ training table that night! It would be hard to imagine the awe and wonder Grant and Jim felt having dinner with a Yankee team that included not only Jerry himself but also other greats like Joe Dimaggio, Yogi Berra, Phil Rizzuto, Hank Bauer, Allie Reynolds, Joe Page and many others (and led, of course, by legendary manager Casey Stengel). The ballplayers regaled Grant and Jim with their tales of the baseball world, and it was truly a magical evening for the two young, very recent Lowell grads. And Jerry topped it off by giving them tickets to the next day’s game! Jerry Coleman was a real hero to his country, his team and his school. His graciousness and generosity to a couple of wandering Lowell alums far from home not only gave them an unforgettable personal expericnce but also showed that ‘the old school tie’ really meant something to him. Lowellites of all ages can be deeply proud that he was one of us.” This story, and many more like it, demonstrates that we are part of the proudest and most exceptional group of alumni anywhere.
Lowell Events Calendar Concerts
Carol Channing Theater
Thursday, April 10 — Orchestra Concert at 7pm Friday & Saturday, April 18 & 19 – Dance Performance at 7:30pm Friday, April 25 – Band Concert at 7pm Thursday, May 1 — Choir Concert at 7pm
School Musical Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Carol Channing Theater Thursday – Saturday, March 15-17 at 7:30pm Sunday, March 18 at 2pm
Sports Highlights Varsity Boys Basketball Playoffs Kezar Pavilion
Semi-Finals – Wednesday, March 5 (time TBA) Championship – Friday, March 7 at 5pm
Varsity Girls Basketball Playoffs Kezar Pavilion
Semi-Finals – Tuesday, March 4 (time TBA) Championship – Friday, March 7 at 7pm
Varsity Baseball Championship
Tuesday, May 6 at AT&T Park (time TBA)
Complete sports schedules available at www.lowellathletics.com or www.cifsf.org Follow us on Twitter: @lowellalumni @lowellsports
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Annual Fund Campaign Off To Strong Start As we pass the mid-way mark for our 2013-14 Annual Fund Campaign, which runs from July 1 to June 30, we are honored to have received outstanding early support from more than 1,000 Lowell alumni and friends who have made unrestricted gifts that total just over $250,000. Our goal is to raise at least $350,000 in unrestricted gifts this year in order to significantly expand our support for important programs at Lowell. Given the improvement in funding for public education in California, we have a unique opportunity this year to significantly increase our support for Robotics, Forensics, Journalism, Mock Trial, the Lowell Science Research Program and many others, due to the fact that the Lowell Alumni Association is no longer being asked to provide funding for staffing needs (teachers, counselors, librarians). And the outlook for the immediate future, given the improving California economy, is very bright. We are in the process of developing plans for some exciting projects that will benefit Lowell students for many years to come. There is an evolving proposal to completely remodel the library’s drop-in computer lab and we are working with students to identify specific projects that they believe will most enhance the Lowell experience. We have also increased the annual budget for our grants program to $75,000,
which will permit us to fund more of the many worthy projects proposed by Lowell faculty member and coaches. Some grants for modest amounts, such as the $400 we granted recently to pay registration fees and some travel costs for three talented Lowell students to compete in the national Japan Bowl competition, make possible some important opportunities that would not otherwise be possible. Other grants, such as one for $3,300 to purchase supplemental Advanced Placement Spanish texts, will allow hard-working students to get the most out of their classroom experience. Of course, we will also be continuing important programs such as our annual college scholarship program, the semi-annual alumni newsletter and expanded support for class reunions. We are also in the midst of work on a long-overdue re-launch of the alumni website (www.lowellalumni.org) to better serve our fellow alumni and other Lowell friends. These are truly exciting times as we shift our focus from supporting staff positions to increasing our support to a wide range of programs benefiting every Lowell student. If you haven’t yet participated in the current campaign, we hope you will choose to do so before June 30. You can make an online donation by visiting www.lowellalumni.org/donate.
Reflections On 50 Years At The Lake Merced Campus By Glenn Gullmes ’77 [Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on the front page of the May 2013 issue of the “West Portal Monthly” newspaper and was written by that paper’s editor, Glenn Gullmes, a Lowell alumnus. We thank Glenn for allowing us to share this article with Lowell alumni and friends.] More than a thousand visitors descended on Lowell High School on April 13 to reminisce, reconnect with long-lost classmates and teachers, explore the “new” science wing and pay tribute to their alma mater on the occasion of the Eucalyptus Campus’ 50th anniversary. Broadcaster Jack Hanson served as emcee at a feel-good welcoming ceremony in the Carol Channing Theater that featured remembrances by several former principals and graduates, including Supervisors Katy Tang and Malia Cohen. Recently named one of 218 California Distinguished Schools and honored as a Gold Medal winner by U.S. News & World Report, Lowell is the oldest public high school west of the Mississippi. In its listing of “Best High Schools,” U.S. News recognized Lowell as the top public high school in San Francisco, #8 in California and #43 nationwide. As a proud Lowell graduate of not-toorecent vintage, I must take issue with the findings. While I’m not disputing recent test scores or other quantitative data, I vigorously disagree with any conclusion that contradicts my experience that Lowell is the
best high school anywhere. Period. In truth, aside from their location across from Lake Merced, the original buildings aren’t particularly impressive. And, despite a new coat of paint, the 50-year-old campus is definitely showing signs of age – much like many of the graying “former teenagers” wandering the hallways as they strolled down memory lane. But while prep schools offer clean, modern teaching facilities, what they can’t offer is Lowell’s rich history and unrivalled reputation for academic excellence. Founded in 1856, Lowell currently serves ten times as many students as U.S. News’ top ranked high school (located in Texas) and four times as many students as most of the schools in the top 50. Based on those numbers alone, it’s safe to say that Lowell’s impact on society over the past century and a half is unmatched by any of the newer, smaller schools. Lowell’s illustrious list of alumni include captains of industry, civic leaders, lawmakers, scientists, artists, writers, entertainers, athletes, Supreme Court Justices and philanthropists with buildings and parks named after them. Lowell’s collegial yet competitive atmosphere provides a setting conducive to those with natural ability and a drive to succeed. It comes as no surprise then that Lowell athletic teams have captured more city championships than any other San Francisco high school. That competitive fire continues to burn brightly across many fields of endeavor, with Lowell’s best counted among Academy Award, Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winners.
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R eunion R eports Classes Of Fall 1942, Spring & Fall 1943 And Spring 1944 – 70-Year Reunion
Classes Of Fall 1952 & Spring 1953 – 60-Year Reunion
More than two dozen alumni and friends from classes that graduated in 1943 or 1944 gathered on October 18th at Sinbad’s Pier 2 on the Embarcadero in San Francisco for a festive 70-year reunion luncheon. Many thanks to Don Sharman for chairing the reunion committee, with invaluable assistance from Cathryn Brash, Bobby Buckley and Marie Krenz. Talk has already begun about a 73-year and/or 75-year reunion!
The classes of 1953 held a very successful reunion on October 17th at the Presidio Golf Club in San Francisco. In attendance were 45 grads and 32 guests. After almost two hours of socializing, attendees enjoyed a buffet lunch served by the Presidio Club staff. The food was excellent and the pastry dessert table was sumptuous (the high point of the meal). Members of the reunion committee were (alphabetically) Al Breslauer, Bob Celso, Peter Dahl, Frank Hubert, Joel Hedgpeth, John McGilvray, Judy Kelleher Rigas and Marty Segol, with help from Gail Messina Meblin. Peter was Chairperson, John was Treasurer and Venue Contact Person, and Judy the Decorator and Master of Ceremonies. The Presidio Club site overlooks the golf course and class members and their guests enjoyed a lovely, warm day. A major benefit of the site is the availability of free, convenient parking, and many attendees appreciated having a daytime activity. Class members are looking forward to their 65-year Reunion in 2018!
Classes Of Fall 1962 & Spring 1963 – 50-Year Reunion The classes of fall 1962 and spring 1963 (the first classes to graduate from the “new” Lowell) celebrated their 50th reunion on August 31st with an evening event and September 1st with a brunch at the Presidio Golf Course Clubhouse. Nearly 200 people attended the evening event where the venue was decorated with Lowell memorabilia and classmates wore nametags with their high school photo. The reunion committee began working on this event in February 2012 and had great fun meeting and organizing for the next year and a half. Committee members were Allan Gold (chair), Barbara Karvelis, Carol Page, Charles Huff, Chris Carrier Washburn, David Ravinsky, Gary Joe, Gimmy Park Li, Mae Gwen Jew Chan, Helen Morgan Bohl, Julie Winship Fowlkes, Marilyn Noda Swartz, Melanie Sperling, Paul Rosenberg, Sandra Maggioli, Seth Samuels and Sybil Schwartz Hard.
Classmates and guests enjoy a sunny day overlooking San Francisco Bay.
Reunion chairman Don Sharman and wife Lorraine (far right) along with Cathryn Brash (center, rear) and classmates.
Classes of Fall 1962 & Spring 1963 50th Reunion Committee: (standing, from left) Gary Joe, Chris Carrier Washburn, Gimmy Park Li, Seth Samuels, Sybil Schwartz Hard, Julie Winship Fowlkes, Melanie Sperling, David Ravinsky and Allan Gold (chair); (seated, from left) Carol Page, Mae Gwen Jew Chan, Paul Rosenberg, Marilyn Noda Swartz. Missing: Barbara Karvelis, Charles Huff, Helen Morgan Bohl and Sandy Maggioni.
Classes Of Fall 1972 & Spring 1973 – 40-Year Reunion “This Was Not Your Father’s Reunion” With the majority now empty-nesters and no longer needing to impress anyone, over 250 classmates from Lowell’s classes of Fall ’72 and Spring ’73 held a magical, fun reunion on October 12, 2013, at the Presidio’s Log Cabin. The evening was kicked off with a spirited performance by the Lowell High Cheer Squad. The classes wish to give a big “Thank You” to the lovely young women of Lowell High cheerleading! Our own Lowell Alumni Association Executive Director Terry Abad ’76 was in attendance and shared a few words. The reunion committee, comprised of Bill Black (S’73), Mark Budak (S’73), Buffy Cereske (S’73), Paul Reinhardt (S’73) and Darryl Woo (F’72), ensured that no rubber chickens or stale hotel dinner rolls would be served; the event was catered by Off-the-Grid food trucks serving delicious Asian items and Texas-style BBQ. Classmate Dave Bon (S’73) of JT Wines made a generous donation of fine California wines. Dave Zouzounis (F’72) of Ted’s Market donated amazing appetizers and awesome dessert trays. Everyone enjoyed great photos in the photo booth provided by Photobeats (run by Lowell 2003 alumna Natalie Gee). The centerpiece party decoration was a wall-length panoramic picture of the S’73 class generously provided by Paul Reinhardt of Speedpro Imaging/SF Bay Area. Classmates danced to period tunes spun by DJ Terry Cole, and balding, overweight guys were reassured by Tower of Power that “You’re Still a Young Man.” At 11 p.m., nobody wanted to leave, but the committee sent them off with a really cool Lowell logo reusable shopping tote. A big “Thank You” to the reunion committee, volunteers and all who attended!
Classmates surveyed the senior year panoramic photo.
Members of the Reunion Committee (from left): Paul Reinhardt, Darryl Woo, Mark Budak, Buffy Cereske and Bill Black.
LOWELL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Lisa Coughlin Clay ’74 President
Jim Rosenthal ’50 Vice President
Leon Blum ’52 Terence Abad ’76 Treasurer Executive Director
Anita Payton ’74 Secretary Paul A. Lucey Executive Director Emeritus
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jack Anderson ’50 Roberta Bleiweiss ’65 Mike Bower ’67 Anna-Marie Bratton ’64 Cathryn Brash ’43 Joseph Ehrman III ’41 Claudia Wolf Eshoo ’67
Dan Genolio ’77 Dave Hagerman ’72 Georgene Poulakidas Kromydas ’88 King Lip ’95 Geraldine Rosen-Park ’77 Wendy Drefke Shinbori ’68
Helen Louie Wax ’66, Southern California Representative
Bruce Spiegelman ’67 Mark Steiner ’72 Paul Tam ’82 Mike Ugawa ’76 Rita Yee ’73 Irving Zaretsky ’59
Spring 1973 class officers (from left): Susan Frankenstein Dean, Quincy Yu, Gina “Bunny” Low Weiss and Robina Ingram-Rich.
Andy Ishibashi, Principal
PUBLISHED BY THE LOWELL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
More photo booth fun!
New record for most alumni to fit in a photo booth?
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Reunion Calendar Find all the latest Lowell reunion information at http://lowellalumni.givezooks.com Classes of Fall 1958 & Spring 1959 – 55-Year Reunion
Class of 1984 – 30-Year Reunion
Date/Time: Wednesday, October 1, 2014; Noon to 3 p.m. Location: Presidio Golf Club, San Francisco Details: More information will be coming soon. Contact: lowellreunion@gmail.com
Plans are underway – more info coming soon!
Classes of Fall 1963 & Spring 1964 – 50-Year Reunion Date/Time: Saturday, October 25, 2014; 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Location: St. Francis Yacht Club, Marina Green, San Francisco Details: We’re close to 50 years! The Lowell Classes of ’64 Reunion Committee wishes to invite all Lowell graduates from Fall ’63 and Spring ’64 to the 50-Year Reunion scheduled for Saturday, October 25, 2014. The reunion will be a buffet luncheon from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the St. Francis Yacht Club at the Marina Green. More information will be coming in early 2014. If you would like to help us plan our reunion or have any questions, please contact us. Contact: Gwenlyn Giffing Gibson at gwenandkirk@comcast.net
Classes of Fall 1973 & Spring 1974 – 40-Year Reunion Date/Time: Saturday, October 11, 2014; 8 p.m. to Midnight Location: California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco Details: The classes of January and June 1974 will celebrate their 40-year reunion on Saturday, October 11, 2014 from 8 p.m. to midnight at the iconic California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 100 34th Avenue, in San Francisco’s Lincoln Park. More details to come! For more information, or to help organize the reunion, check the class website at www.lowell74.org or the class Facebook group page, “Lowell High School (San Francisco) Class of 1974 and Friends”! Registration/Info: Please visit https://lowellalumni.givezooks.com
Class of 1975 – 40-Year Reunion Early Alert! It’s time to start planning our reunion in 2015. Please contact Yvonne Quan-Wong (w3widow@gmail.com) if you’ve got ideas you’d like to share or be part of the planning committee.
Reunion Committees Remember to provide photos and an account of your special event so we can share them with your fellow alumni in our next newsletter. We can help if you’re starting to plan a reunion. Phone (415) 759-7830 or e-mail us at lowellaa@lowellalumni.org
Alumni Bookshelf Among their many talents, a goodly number of Lowell alumni are published authors. We are happy to share news of these recently-released books and ask other alumni authors to contact us with information about their newest works at lowellaa@lowellalumni.org.
Astor Place Vintage by Stephanie Lehmann ’76 In this novel, Amanda Rosenbloom, modern-day owner of a vintage clothing store in New York City, discovers a journal written a century earlier by Olive Westcott, a woman who had moved to Manhattan with dreams of becoming a department store buyer in an era when Victorian ideas (limiting a woman’s sphere to marriage and motherhood) were only beginning to give way to modern ways of thinking. You can learn more about this and Stephanie’s other novels by visiting www.stephanielehmann.com.
Beyond Folly by Emil DeAndreis ’87 In his first published work, Emil, who works as a substitute teacher in the San Francisco public schools and assistant Lowell baseball coach, puts us in the shoes of substitute teacher Horton Hagardy. His linked stories have been described as a “farcical panoply of strange characters in absurd circumstances.” Students and former students may fondly recall those days when a substitute teacher appeared, allowing for a break from the usual routine. But those who have worked as substitute teachers will find that these dark, funny and often poignant stories take them to a very real place.
Darshan by Amrit Chima ’95 In this debut novel, set in the sleepy, North Indian town of Amarpur, a young boy named Baba Singh Toor secretly murders a moneylender in a moment of blind sorrow and rage, setting events in motion that will shape the coming generations of Toors. Spanning continents and cultures, chronicling three generations of Indian men — traveling from the Punjab to Fiji to San Francisco — Darshan is the story of one family’s great capacity for forgiveness, learned after nearly a century of heartache. You can read more about the author at www.amritchima.com.
Class of 1995 – 20-Year Reunion Date: Labor Day weekend, 2015 Details: Planning is underway for our 20-year reunion. Please be sure to update your contact information with the Lowell Alumni Association (www.lowellalumni.org/address. shtml) so you can receive the latest news and event invitations.
Excerts From 2013 Commencement Speeches Mari Galicer – Salutatorian
It’s so nice to look out at a sea of familiar faces that were so unfamiliar four years ago at freshman orientation. But that’s really what we’ve done in these past four years, isn’t it? When we were thirteen, we hung out at the flagpole and had more braces than friends; we were gawky and awkward; and we were a collection of individuals. We’re a community of students and friends, the Class of 2013, and that is what makes us great . . . We take an extraordinarily large amount of Advanced Placement courses and extracurriculars and claim the most athletic championships in the entire city. We’re even a nationally ranked California Distinguished School and National Blue Ribbon School. But even all of those accomplishments and awards don’t capture the amazing things that happen in the classrooms of Lowell High every single day. We’re lucky enough to have the support of administrators who work tirelessly, parents who feed and clothe us, teachers who could easily be professionals in many other fields – all these people who come together every day for us to make public education happen. But it wasn’t even close to easy. Many of us struggled. We complained about it on facebook and twitter. . . Many of us are not even what one would traditionally define as “smarter” than students from other schools. Some of us will be the first college-bound students in our families, and some of us were the first to learn English. But what brings us together under Lowell’s dilapidated yet resilient roof is our commitment to that struggle . . . And that is why I commend you, Class of 2013, for taking on the challenge of Lowell High School, becoming little fish in a big pond, and fighting to prove that despite the stress and sleepless nights, the real value of our education lies not in a schoolloop account, but what we will contribute to society with our hard work, commitment and knowledge. But with that knowledge, and the knowledge you will gain, comes responsibility: responsibility to your parents, to your teachers and to society but, mostly, to yourself. As Tolstoy said, “If you see that some aspect of your society is bad and you want to improve it, there is only one way to do so: you have to improve people. And in order to improve people, you begin with only one thing: you can become better yourself.” And perhaps, without even knowing it, we’ve already begun to take his advice. Together, we gathered in support for Sarah, fought for our mod schedule and threw a gigantic dance party in response to the Westboro Baptist Church protest. Those were the times when we realized that we were newsworthy within ourselves, when we charged forward without trepidation to create our own impetus for change, and when we produced the type of civil society that, previously, I’d only read about in my government textbook. High school will always be the four years that we witnessed Obama get elected and the Giants win the World Series twice, not
to mention a prom proposal to a counselor at our senior meeting. But the next four years will give us that scarily exhilarating independence in which we’ll have to remember how to make friends all over again, do our own laundry and make food other than instant ramen. But the school thing? Thanks to Lowell, we’ve got that down. This class contains some of the most hardworking and ambitious students in the entire country, and that’s why I know that any career path you embark on or global problem you solve will be fueled by your passion for education and change, and willingness to embrace your struggles. So, at your college freshman orientation this fall, looking into a sea of unfamiliar faces, never forget that feeling of hopeful anticipation for the future’s unknown or what you’ve accomplished already. Congratulations, Class of 2013!
Hiromi Fujita – Historian
“You have to find a balance in the amount of Advanced Placement classes you take -- if you take too few, you will fall behind the pack, and if you take too many, you’re going to burn out. But you also gotta take the right teachers, you don’t wanna take that class after your lunch or, trust me, you’ll be asleep all class – and did I mention the pool on the fourth floor?” Although this was a long four years ago, I can still remember the words of my peer mentor at freshman orientation. We roamed the halls for the first time, learning the insider tips of where to study, where to go when you cut class and which bathrooms to use. Looking back on it, the day seemed to prepare us for disorientation . . . We have gone through seven arenas [aka self-scheduling days], including the last physical arena. Future generations of Lowell students will never experience how it feels to dress up like a gladiator just to schedule your classes, or see the kids who finished last in PE trample other students on their way to the gym. And yes, Darwin was right; Lowell is definitely survival of the fittest. We have been part of three different bell schedules. From eight minute passing periods to classes ending at 10:37 every other day, we adjusted, we overcame; but most of all, we fought for a more “normal” schedule. And in the end, we were the innovators, from Compliments, to Confessions, to Memes. We have all been through this struggle together . . . But look at where we are now. We are two hours away from graduating from the greatest high school in the world, no matter what Newsweek, the College Board or APIs say. A high school where it’s normal to hear people talking about the modular system, or modular forms. A high school where six straight sports championships in six straight school days is not uncommon. Finally, we have made it . . . And now, as we all head our separate ways to colleges all over the country, continent and even the world, I could not have more pride in knowing the Lowell Class of 2013 is ready for the world, and hope that the world is ready for us.
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Lowell Continues to Rack up City Sports Titles As they have done for the past several years, Lowell athletes have been piling up far more city championships than any other high school in the Academic Athletic Association. The current school year saw the cross-country team, coached by Mike Prutz, sweep all five city titles (girls varsity, boys varsity, girls frosh/soph, boys frosh/ soph and overall), with freshman Sierra Brill taking the individual girls varsity title and senior John Hogan taking the individual boys varsity title. In golf, the girls varsity team championship went to Washington, but Lowell’s Caroline Hsiao was the #1 individual med-
alist and teammate Rachael No tied with two other golfers for the #2 spot. Lowell’s girls tennis team recorded their 16th consecutive AAA championship title as Kristine Pau took the singles title and teammates Ashley Duong & Adrianne Pan won the doubles competition. Congrats to the entire squad and coach Bryan Lee! And, for the second straight year, Lowell swept the girls volleyball championships (both varsity and frosh/soph). You can find full sports schedules and standings by visiting www.lowellathletics. com or www.cifsf.org.
The 2013-14 AAA Girls Tennis Champions
The 2013-14 AAA Girls Varsity Volleyball Champions
Lowell Debaters Make History After 122 years of excellence and all kinds of success, current members of the Lowell Forensic Society still manage to set new records. Most recently, two Lowell parliamentary debate teams finished as co-champions at the prestigious Martin Luther King, Jr. Invitational at James Logan High School in Union City. Out of an original field of 136 teams, Lowell teams were the #1 and #2 seeds after preliminary rounds (having gone undefeated through five rounds) and we placed a total of five teams in the 32-team single elimination portion of the tournament. Those topseeded teams then won four consecutive debates to reach the finals, where they were declared co-champions, the first time any school has accomplished that feat at the MLK Invitational. The victorious teams are Marc Cunningham ’14 & Jeffrey Chen ’14 (who also finished as tournament champions at the 2013 University of the Pacific Invitational) and Thomas White ’16 & Eli Pollock ’16. And parliamentary debater Jessica Weiss ’14 was named the tournament’s best speaker. At that same tournament, other members of the Lowell squad achieved significant honors as the policy debate team of Luis Valle ’14 & Matthew
Beyer ’15 finished among the top 8 in a field of 63 teams and Yu Ling Wu ’14 earned 6th place in Original Prose & Poetry out of a field of 57 talented competitors. As the team prepares for major February invitational tournaments at Stanford and Berkeley and then the March qualifying tournaments for the state and national championships, almost 100 Lowell students have competed at one or more local, regional or national tournaments including the University of the Pacific, Gonzaga University and Arizona State University Tournaments and two Southern California tournaments (the Notre Dame High School and La Costa Canyon High School Invitationals). In total, we expect to compete at two dozen tournaments over the course of the 2013-14 year, hoping to qualify students to the California state championships to be held this April in Modesto and the National Forensic League nationals set for June in Kansas City. Many thanks to the Lowell Alumni Association for its continued financial support for the Lowell Forensic Society, which provides just over one-third of our annual budget of $22,000 for tournament entry fees and travel expenses!
Lowell debaters celebrate their historic success at the 2014 Martin Luther King, Jr. Invitational. From left: Penny Fergison ’14, Parliamentary Debate Director Bob Wu ’15, Marc Cunningham ’14, Jeffrey Chen ’14, Eli Pollock ’16, Thomas White ’16 and coach Terry Abad ’76.
Individual #1 medalist Caroline Hsiao (left) with #2 medalist and teammate Rachael No.
Alumna Honored As Outstanding Teacher Lowell’s Social Studies department head, Alice Kwong-Ballard ’80, was honored as an Educator of the Year nominee by the California League of High Schools, Region 4, at an elegant event held last November at the Olympic Club at Lake Merced. Alice was one of 9 nominees from the Bay Area, all of whom were asked to deliver a speech describing their accomplishments as part of a competition to select the group’s Educator of the Year. While other nominees focused on enumerating their long list of their truly impressive achievements (helping to significantly increase school-wide test scores, special outreach to students from underserved communities, development of exciting new curriculum, etc.), Alice’s speech took a completely different tack that was truly indicative of her collaborative style that has made Lowell’s Social Studies department so successful. Instead of tooting her own horn, Alice’s speech centered on giving credit to her colleagues, several of whom (Steve Granucci, Rebecca Johnson and Steve Shimmon ’81) were on hand at the dinner. Although she wasn’t selected as the official Educator of the Year that night, the Lowell community knows that Alice Kwong-Ballard’s commitment to serving students and encouraging her colleagues to be their best merits our deepest and most sincere admiration and appreciation.
From left: Rebecca Johnson, Pat Granucci, Alice Kwong-Ballard, Carisse Ballard (Alice’s daughter), Steve Granucci, Steven Shimmon and Principal Andy Ishibashi.
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Stunning Student Performance of Macbeth Draws Crowds “So thanks to all at once and to each one, Whom we invite to see us crown’ d at Scone.” Malcolm proclaims these triumphant words and the twelve witches sing their funereal chant as the fog, thunder and lightning roll and spark. The audience in the Carol Channing Theater gasps as rain pours down onto the stage to dramatically end the 2013 fall production of Macbeth. Over 80 Lowell student actors, technicians and designers came together under the guidance of director Teresa Bookwalter and technical director Kyla Morris to produce Shakespeare’s bloody tragedy. Over eighteen 1,800 Lowell students, staff, parents, and friends came to watch; Friday night’s performance sold out with more than 800 people in the house. Macbeth featured a double cast of accomplished actors (including a female Macbeth), a chorus of wild witches, both contemporary and classical costumes,
and a set of scaffolding and monolithic stones that stressed the timelessness of the evil theme. The support that the Lowell Alumni Association provides the Visual & Performing Arts Department is a major factor in the overall success of our productions.
Wellness Center Relocation Benefits From Alumni Support Thanks to generous financial support from the Lowell Alumni Association, Lowell PTSA and the San Francisco Children’s Fund, Lowell’s Wellness Center relocated last summer from the fringe of campus (among the temporary classrooms located near the basketball courts) to a central location in what used to be classroom 118 (close to the administrative and counseling offices). But what exactly is the Wellness Center? With a staff of six professionals (including social workers, counselors and the school nurse), it coordinates and provides health, mental health and substance abuse services and programs for Lowell students on campus. The Wellness Center offers drop-in services for students as well as services to students who are referred by teachers, counselors, administrators or parents/guardians. The new space includes a comfortable and welllit common area for group meetings as well as private offices for confidential counseling sessions. Many thanks to all who helped to make this significant campus improvement a reality, especially Patrick Quan ’76 and the Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation for their leadership gifts.
A receptionist greets all who enter the Wellness Center.
Comfortable sofas and chairs in the common meeting area help to create a welcoming atmosphere.
One of the private offices created in the space that was once classroom 118.
The Wellness Center serves students every day of the week.
Lowell sweatshirts are available by mail Dark red in sizes S, M, L, XL and XXL Generous fit Lowell logo left side $40 (includes shipping and handling)
Please send check to Lowell Alumni Association Visitors to the Wellness Center are reminded of the groups who funded the relocation project.
A smaller office for private consultations.
PO Box 320009, San Francisco, CA 94132-0009
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Keeping In Touch… 1936
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JUNE DeGANNA ADAMS updates, “Last March, I ended a 51-year career with the orthopedic doctors. Now time to enjoy the pleasures of retirement. Any classmates around from the class of December 1936?”
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INEZ ERICKSON THORNTON recalls, “Taught first grade in Delano, CA for 30 years. Stayed there until 2005 when my husband died and my son wanted me close to him and his work in Kentucky. Went directly back to an ‘assisted living’ place. Been here 9 years and still unassisted – will turn 94 this year!”
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GLENNETTE ALLEN NOREEN regrets, “Due to transportation problems, I missed the gathering of ’38 graduates at the 2013 Lowell commencement exercises – big disappointment. In any event, best wishes to those of us who remember our classmates and days at Lowell. Celebrated my 94th birthday last October.” [Editor’s Note: Since 2006, the Lowell Alumni Association has invited alumni from classes celebrating major reunion anniversaries to don cap and gown to join in commencement. It is always a high point of the event to see alumni from 60, 70 and 75 years ago proudly march into the auditorium.] BARBARA LADDON LANGENDORF shares, “My wonderful experience of attending and graduating from Lowell prepared me to enter UOP and acquire the necessary degrees and credentials to teach in the SF Unified School District. I served as teacher and principal for over 30 years. I sincerely feel the joy of my education in SFUSD made it possible to achieve success and a desire to provide the same opportunities to students in San Francisco.” JEAN ROSS CHERNICK writes, “I’ve lived in Menlo Park for many years, I love it – especially now because it’s close to Los Altos, where my three adorable (of course!) greatgrandchildren live. BEATRICE GEBALLE CAHN and I see each other when we can and I keep in touch with classmates MABEL PRACY MILLER and ELINOR HALL SMITH.
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RICHARD NIELLO greets, “All the best to my classmates of 1940, especially FRANCES HUBBARD CURLEY, JIM RAY (call me at 916-483-2198), ELAINE OPPENHEIM KARP, H.B. ALVORD, ART SCHUMACHER, DON DAVIS and NOBLE HAMILTON. Memories, all the best.”
1941
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ROSEMARIE COLEMAN laments, “Sorry to hear about RUTH MORSE (who passed away April 15, 2013). I keep in touch with GLORIA SABATO GOSS and ANITA FALTIN BOVAIRD. Always pleased to hear of Lowell’s accomplishments and contributions to the community.” CHRISTINE KUTULAS ROED jots, “Spending my time with garden club, historical society, retired teachers, church and folk dancing.” CLARENCE “SANDY” GOLDFINGER writes, “Received both B.B.A. and M.B.A. (Banking & Finance) from Golden Gate University. I ‘work out’ at Club One in Santa Clara virtually every day. I hit the big 9-0! Advice to my fellow Lowell graduates: Stay and feel well.”
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LAWRENCE HAWKINSON cheers, “Looking forward to 2014 when I turn 90! Then I can start playing golf at Deep Cliff golf course for free!” FLORENCE HUSTON VERGARI enthuses, “Enjoy reading the alumni news – where did the years go? Still traveling and cruising – enjoy my life at Maravilla senior community.” GLORIA NICHOLS HOPPE notes, “Living at San Francisco Towers. 14 grandchildren and one great-grandchild, all of whom visit me often.” DOLORES PARODI WALLACE updates, “I do not sign anymore, but I am still able to play golf and bridge. Wishing all of you who read this good health – and be happy!” DONALD HEYNEMAN reflects, “71 wonderful but vanished years after Lowell ’42, through Harvard, 10th Mountain Division ski troops, Rice University and 56 years of tropical medicine research and teaching at UCLA, UCSF and UC Berkeley. Now retired and living with my wife Louise (Vassar ’52) in SF, volunteering as a docent at the California Academy of Sciences to keep the juices flowing. If that doesn’t do it, 7 ‘kids’, 9 grandkids and 1 great-grandchild (en route) certainly will.”
Keeping in Touch items received after December 31 will appear in the next issue of the newsletter.
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HON. JAMES DUVARAS JR. reminisces, “I have fond memories of being a student at Lowell for three years, especially having graduated in June of 1945 as Student Body President and having played on the varsity basketball team under the tutelage of BENNY NEFF, the best coach of that era. Regards to all.”
1946
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LLOYD HANFORD & NOEL STRAUS HANFORD S’50 chime in, “All is very good – good health, great travel and good friends. What more could we want in our 80s? Duplicate bridge has replaced other athletic pursuits since the mind is now much more agile than the body. Keep in touch.” GRACE McCAGUE updates, “Long since retired, but still living in San Francisco and volunteering at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.” MARSHALL ZEMON writes, “Hard to believe that it has been 68 years since we graduated from Lowell. Our graduation ceremony was held at the War Memorial Opera House. I have relocated to a retirement community in Carlsbad, San Diego county, California.”
1947
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OLIVE BLISS BORGSTEADT celebrates, “I will always be grateful to Lowell for the music program and MR. KRIEGER. I learned how to be an accompanist, but, best of all, loved being part of a group of young talented musicians who were interested in everything in the world around them. Three cheers!” KENNETH GARDNER jots, “Doing well!”
1943
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H. MARTIN EMS explains, “Had to miss the 70-year reunion due to recuperation from surgery, but still enjoy traveling. Four months to Europe this spring, off to Australia for three months early in 2014.”
1944
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ORLANDO JOYCE exclaims, “Still going at age 87, golf twice each week, married 61 years, WWII combat vet – gee whiz!”
JOANNE SUSSKIND TICK reassures, “Although I’ve been widowed for almost ten years, I’m not alone. I have a wonderful companion who accompanied me to Paris last September. We toured through France for two weeks, then four days in London. Hope we’ll be having a ’46/’47 class reunion soon.” KENNETH WHITE updates, “Sold our house at Northstar; learned facebook to talk to grandson in Afghanistan and granddaughter in Japan; and gave away golf clubs. Adapting.”
1948
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RAFAEL PISCITELLI KASTL reflects, “Small town (village, most likely) living is agreeable after a lifetime (for Rob and me) in the big city. People are friendly, helpful and motorists slow down for us oldsters crossing the main highway here in Tiburon, located near San Francisco Bay Ferry terminal. Our condo is street level with three small gardens for puttering. Wish we’d moved here years ago. Regards to all, especially class of Spring ’44.”
NADINE EHRENBERG MONETTA admits, “Two total knee operations have not helped my golf swing. Still trying to figure it out, but happy to still be swinging! Regards to my classmates who are still around. Lowell was one of the best of times.”
HUGH BURRELL notifies, “We’re still hanging out in the Oakmont (Santa Rosa, CA) retirement village. Heard from BOB NEUHAUS this past year. Enjoyed 70-year reunion in June 2013 at Sinbad’s in SF.”
1949
RAFAEL PISCITELLI KASTL muses, “’National Geographic’ magazines in medical waiting rooms sure get boring – but that’s to be expected when we become a certain (old) age. Our third year of residence in suburban Marin county and we love the peacefulness and polite motorists. We had to forego driving (for various reasons), so walking and cabs (scarce!) take us on errands and socializing. Regards to all and best wishes, too!”
DON STIBICH informs, “I’ll be teaching Spanish for the group here. MISS OSUNA taught Castilian at Lowell and I still love that Osuna Castilian.”
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ALAN S. DOCTOR exclaims, “Still in fairly decent shape for an 83-year-old f---! Enjoying life in Paradise (aka Cambria, CA), on the central coast. I’m in the phone book if anyone is driving through. Married seven years and loving it! God has been good to me. I have the gift of life and have been blessed with two wonderful ladies in my life. My first wife passed after putting up with me for 47 years. God bless all who may read this.” MARGOT HELMUTH SCHEVIL crows, “Still working as a museum curator and appraiser of Guatemalan textiles. Life is good!”
KENNETH A.R. KENNEDY updates, “Continuing with my academic activities at Cornell University as a biological anthropologist with a number of publications in press. I retired in 2005, taught classes for three more years, and now at age 83, I go on with my contributions to South Asian paleoanthropology.” BETTY LUDEMANN BURRIDGE greets, “Hello to all 1949 Lowell grads. I’m alive and well with a new total hip and send best wishes to all Lowell alums.” HELEN (HONI) RAY enthuses, “Still enjoying retirement in Southern Oregon, particularly living so close to Crater Lake. If you ever get near Chiloquin on Highway 97, please call. It has been 65 years since I saw anyone from the class of 1949.” HARRY HAMBLY updates, “I finally closed the doors on ‘Hambly Studios.’ Our products of silver mylar calendars, stickers and art prints are now a good memory, as is the memory of Lowell book jackets and murals of ’49.” KENNETH A.R. KENNEDY wires, “At 83 years, I am still active in my professional life at Cornell University as a biological anthropologist. Several of my published articles were printed in peer-reviewed journals and as a monograph. My wife, Margaret, died December 7, 2013, so I am living alone after 45 years of a happy marriage.”
1950
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JERRY AMBINDER reports, “Met up last September at the Claremont Hotel in Berkeley for massages and lunch with classmates DON GOLD, DON GREEN, JACK HANSON and their wives.” DONALD CHEU updates, “Had dinner recently with classmates STEVE YOUNG (with wife Joan), JIM CHIN (with wife Evelyn), JENNIE TAAM WONG and LOUISE WONG MAR (with husband Al) at Steve’s home.” WILBUR (BILL) CLARK writes, “Happy to see the continued service of classmates JIM ROSENTHAL and JACK ANDERSON to the Lowell Alumni Association. Hats off to their many years of continued service!” JACK RISING shares, “Still living in Sonoma. Our oldest grandson is following his mom, dad and me to Stanford. Love and best wishes to all Lowell grads.” ELSIE SOLOMON MICKOLA celebrates, “This year I am 83 years old and am so grateful for the many amazing and wonderful events over the decades. Attending four years of Lowell right after WWII was part of that journey. Never stop learning and growing as a person of value for your time.” NOEL STRAUS HANFORD – see LLOYD HANFORD ’46 BETTY TREVOR DAVIS reports, “I had the pleasure of seeing my cousin’s granddaughter, current Lowell student KALI KECSKEMETI, perform in the musical ‘Crazy for You.’ What a thrill to see the Eucalyptus Drive campus and enjoy Kali on stage. It brought back memories of MR. POLLAND and MR. KRIEGER.”
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PHIL ANAYA telegraphs, “Enjoying Del Webb’s Sun City Grand in Surprise, Arizona. Down from playing golf three days a week to one. Also shoot skeet once a week – love the weather.”
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Annual Report to Donors
2012-13 Annual Fund Campaign Exceeds Goal Thanks to the generosity of more than 2,000 Lowell alumni and other friends, our 2012-13 Annual Fund Campaign that wrapped up on June 30, 2013 exceeded our $350,00 goal and allowed us to accomplish all of the specific projects we had identified while continuing our grants program, alumni newsletter and reunion support efforts. Academic programs throughout the school benefited from our Annual Fund Campaign, with significant funding directed to preserving our Latin and Hebrew language programs as well as our JROTC program. Enrollment in Latin classes is now so strong that there is a good chance Lowell will once again offer Advanced Placement Latin in the 2014-15 school year. We were also able to complete the $100,000 matching gift challenge to support the Lowell Science Research Program. Alumnus Herbert Lee ’73 and his wife Christina had conditioned their original gift of $100,000 upon having that gift matched by individual alumni donations. Having raised $60,000 in matching donations previously, the success of our 2012-13 campaign allowed us to fund the remaining $40,000. The combined funds have largely been put to use already to significantly upgrade all Lowell science labs with new equipment and technology while also supporting summer science research opportunities for Lowell students at UCSF and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. Perhaps the most tangible evidence of recent alumni support for Lowell is the brandnew Wellness Center facility in the main building. With $23,000 of funding from the Lowell Alumni Association (including major leadership gifts from Patrick Quan ’76 and the Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation), along with major gifts from the Lowell PTSA and San Francisco Children’s Fund, space that had been classroom 118 was
transformed into a reception area, lounge and offices to support the important health and counseling services provided by the Wellness Center staff. Our ongoing grants program, which has recently been expanded from $65,000 to $75,000 per year, continues to make a very real difference to a myriad of academic and extracurricular programs. Recent grants include $10,000 to purchase new computers for the yearbook program; $4,800 for tickets to student matinees at American Conservatory Theater (ACT); $10,000 to help the Advanced Choir participate in a March 2014 festival in Chicago; $8,000 for supplemental World History texts; $3,500 for new musical instruments; $11,000 for new computers and equipment for our journalism program; and $8,000 for Advanced Placement exam fee subsidies for students with financial need. The Annual Fund also supports important programs that directly benefit alumni. A prime example is the incredibly successful 50th anniversary event held on campus last April that allowed more than 1,000 alumni to see first-hand the exciting happenings at Lowell. And this newsletter, which costs over $30,000 to produce and mail to more than 30,000 alumni twice each year, helps alumni reconnect with one another and stay abreast of the latest Lowell news. And our improved reunion support services have helped class reunion committees more effectively publicize these events while adding online reunion registration and offering the convenient (and wildly popular) option of purchasing reunion tickets by credit card. Many thanks to all who helped to make our 2012-13 Annual Fund Campaign such a smashing success — every one of the 2,700 current Lowell students have benefited from your generosity!
Major Donors
(Donations received from July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013) Valedictorians ($10,000 or more) Anonymous ’47 John Blume Foundation ’28 Robert Friend ’61 Roger Kuo ’89 Patrick F Quan ’76 David Vickter Foundation
Salutatorians ($5,000 - $9,999) Bechtel Corporation The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation FIRST William Hair ’78 Jonathan Hoff ’73 Herbert Buck Lee ’73 David Lieu ’73 Top Trot Productions
Dean’s List ($2,500 - $4,999) Terence Abad ’76 Michael Bien & Jane Kahn Congregation Emanu-El Tenley Harrison ’90 Jack Klein Lowell High School PTSA Orli Rinat Lucy S Zee Lee ’81
Honor Roll ($1,000 - $2,499) Lowell Class of 1952 Lowell Classes of Fall 1960 & Spring 1961 Anonymous Dennis M Albers Richard Alvarez ’53 Carolina Alvarez Picazo ’86 Barbara & Jerry Babin Yoram Bauman ’91 Riva Berelson Kenneth & Gail Garvin Berry ’52/’53 Joceline Boucher ’76 Janet & Micah Broude Jonathan C Cheng ’97 Paul Cheng (Faculty) Chevron Humankind Matching Gift Program Calvin Chew ’62 Congregation Beth Sholom Congregation Sherith Israel Stanley ConHon ’85
Carol Crawford Falstrup ’78 Brian J Cruz ’72 Nelson Dare ’76 Jeffrey Davis ’62 Joseph & Diane Roth Ehrman III ’41/’44 William Floyd ’52 Amy Friedkin Patrick Gee ’71 Ted Gould ’49 Scott Horwitz HSBC Philanthropic Programs James L Jensen David Kaiser ’77 Miriam Kim ’81 Grigoriy Krimer ’00 Mark Krueger ’73 Linda Kurtz Anil Lal ’73 Jack Lau ’85 Sam Lauter ’81 Pamela Ann Lee ’97 Sherilyn Lee ’85 Terrence Leong ’67 Park Loughlin ’42 Raymond K Louie ’86 Helen Louie Wax ’66 Eva Moy ’85 Linda Nanbu ’73 Linda Nelson ’63 Nha-Ai Nguyen-Duc ’89 James Chinsoo Park ’82 Robert Park ’96 James Plessas ’49 Jennifer Poulakidas ’84 Paul Reinhardt ’73 Roll Giving & Paramount Community Giving Maggie Shafer Maiers ’74 Irving Sherman Maria S Shim ’97 Somekh Family Foundation Dennis Song ’93 Mike Susoev ’76 Roselyne C Swig Steven Swig ’59 The Sports Basement Theodore G Tong ’60 Derek Aaron Van Orden ’00 Rachel Anne Wilson ’99 Bryan M Wong ’72 Lisa Stephanie Yee Brown ’80 Francis & Sheila Walsh Yeh ’76/’76 Melanie Yoo ’82 Howard & Diane Zack Irving Zaretsky ’59
Cardinal Society ($500 - $999) Anonymous Anonymous ’67 Anonymous ’90 Anonymous ’94 Joseph & Leah Abrams Mark & Peggy Peterson Bley ’75/’74 Robert Bloch ’42 Shea L Bond ’91 C Howard Brown ’48 Mary Ann Brown Tonkin ’46 Kimiko Burton ’82 Claudia Caesar Nettle ’54 Jenny Chan ’96 John W Chan ’86 Theodore Chan & Diana Loo ’83/’83 Christine Chase Reynolds ’64 Glenn Chertow & Dara Nachmanoff Donald H Cheu ’50 Roberta L Chew ’67 May Choi ’68 Collin S Chu ’64 Cecilia Chui Lambert ’87 Claudia Chung Sanii ’98 Rosemarie Coleman ’41 Lisa Coughlin Clay ’74 John Crittenden ’74 Yvonne Cyr Koshland ’39 Donald W Davis ’39 Sunny Du Puis ’60 Steve Emerson ’76 Andrea Fain Selig ’62 Kathleen Fong ’73 Susan Frankenstein Dean ’73 J Arthur Freed ’47 Steven Ganz & Judy Tick ’82/’81 Allan P Gold ’63 George Good ’40 Vicki Green ’57 Hayley Green Smith ’83 Deborah Grubb Moskovitz ’87 David Hagerman ’72 Carl Hanken ’53 Kate Haskin Brostoff ’69 Arthur Haubenstock & Amy Whiteside Marco Lazaro Hedelund ’97 Irene Hilton ’76 Robert Hom ’63 Arthur Nichols Hoppe ’72 Abigail Hull Koenig ’89 Bruce Hyman ’50 Thomas W Johnson ’49
Kenneth E Keller ’68 Arlene Knacke Dellari ’57 Barton H Knowles ’35 Stephan & Arlene Epp Krieger ’55/’55 Peter & Shirley Kwok ’70 Leading Edge Investment Advisors LLC Daniel Chan Lee ’50 Ken T Leong ’76 Irene L Lew ’72 Gary S Louie ’75 Lawrence Louie ’77 Paul Lucey (Faculty) Jason Macario ’79 Elaine S Martin ’06 Alan C Mendelson ’66 Philip C Mezey ’77 Microsoft Giving Campaign Richard Niello ’40 Aron Joshua Nussbaum ’95 Eric O’Brien ’90 Roger On ’70 Pamela Ott Mazur ’64 William H Owen ’49 Julie Petersen Croker ’57 Miriam Dale Pichey ’68 Penelope A Preovolos ’73 Mary Reilly Keller ’79 Teresa Renaker ’82 Mark Reutlinger ’61 James Douglas Ripley ’63 Paul & Sheri Robbins Ramon Romero ’89 Adolph Rosekrans ’49 Beth L Ruby Pollock ’72 Kenshin Sakura ’96 Barbara L Schulz ’74 Christopher A Sia ’03 William Singleton ’85 Robert L Sockolov ’47 Eduard Still ’49 Melanie Stoff Maier ’61 Roland Tang ’89 Gary Thompson ’65 Tom’s Metal Specialists Edward Topham ’65 Lillian Trac ’92 US Bancorp Foundation Ted Uyemoto ’60 Ray Van Der Horst ’74 Robert Wagner ’67 Corey Waters ’78 Shelly Wentker Taylor ’80 Cary Wong ’89 Brian Wong & Cindy Gok ’69/’69 Harry Wong & Joanne Ja ’72/’72
Craighton Woo ’78 May Woo Wang ’53 Alan Yan ’90 Elisa Chia Yao ’97 Harlan Zimmerman ’83
Patrons ($250 - $499) Anonymous Anonymous ’82 Abbott Fund Kirsti Aho ’77 Allan Alcorn ’66 Gerald E Ambinder ’50 Jack Anderson ’50 Linda Arcellano Shaw ’73 Robert Baker ’55 Bank of America Matching Gift Program John Baskett ’74 George Beavin ’56 Peggy Berry Sutherlin ’55 Denis Binder ’64 Richard Block ’44 BNY Mellon Community Partnership Donald Bohn ’63 Diane Bonfigli Lobo ’63 Rick Bradley ’51 Robert Bransten ’52 Phil & Alison Green Braverman ’54/’54 Sophie Breall ’80 Stephen Breyer ’55 James E Brodie ’66 Auguste Broucaret ’52 Annette Caparaz Caneda ’80 James Carmack ’62 Ronald Casassa ’44 William C Chan ’67 Grace Chang ’80 Ronald & Nanette Figel Chapman ’52/’53 Charles Schwab Foundation Lee Cheng ’89 Richard Chew ’69 Liru F Chin Terri Chin Clorox Company Foundation Ruby Cohen Hertz ’55 Richard A Colsky ’58 Noel Commins Congregation Sha’ar Zahav A Crawford Cooley ’44 Robert & Jacqueline Kenfield Crowder ’42/’43 R. L. Scotte Doggett ’49 Henry Dosdorian ’52
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Miriam Ducoff Smolen ’76 Charles Dvorak ’64 Alan Dworkin ’69 Elyce Edelman Melmon ’55 Douglas M Egan ’51 Jerome Falk ’57 Leonard Feldman ’42 Robert Feyer & Marsha Cohen Lenore Fleschler Davis ’53 David Flinn ’56 Edward Fong ’72 Michael Lee Fong ’77 Anne Frankel Lapporte ’47 George & Diane Frankenstein Jeffrey Friedman ’70 Ronald Fuerstner ’53 Richard Fuller ’62 Elizabeth P Fung ’80 Chris Galvin ’88 Antonio P Garcia ’92 Harley Gee ’69 Robert Gee ’89 Peter & Lois Gilder Robert E Gomperts ’45 Robert Gordon ’68 Sidney M Gospe ’70 Richard & Harriette Grabstein ’67 Gary Greenhood ’65 Michael Gropper ’75 David Guggenhime ’62 Carolyn Haynes Hiza ’65 Velma Henderson ’51 Carol B Hicks ’55 Diana Hoffman Kazubowski ’64
Chester A Hom ’89 Joan Hoover ’77 Stephen & Adrienne Horn ’58 Thomas Hunt ’77 Intuit Foundation George Ivelich ’55 James Jackson ’55 Isabella Jaye ’12 George Johnson (Faculty) Grace Kao ’86 Jeffrey Karp ’67 Michael C Kavanaugh ’58 Peter & Barbara Green Kistler ’52/’52 Keith Kojimoto ’68 Eric & Caroline Kim Kress ’89/’88 Jennifer Kuenster ’67 Andrew Kurtzig Jeffrey Kwong ’05 Lisa Lam ’03 Andrew Lam ’84 James K Lau ’77 Kate Ellis Lazarus ’01 Carla Maria Lazzareschi ’66 Bryan Darwin Lee ’05 Helen Lee ’82 Robert Lee ’72 Scott Lee ’09 Lynette Lee Seid ’75 Maria Lee Sohnlein ’76 Ke Jing Amy Lei ’99 Phillip Lendaris ’59 Ronald Leon ’47 Russell & Sherlyn Hu Leong
’68/’68 Linda Leong Wang ’61 Levi Strauss Foundation Gerald Levin ’52 William Levin ’61 Leland Levy ’52 Joelle Lewis Benioff ’57 Susan Lidgate Mace Hansen Lieu & Wendy Lo ’87/’90 George Liu ’95 Marie LoBianco Annuzzi ’43 Alicia K Louie Chen ’98 Anne Lucas-Quesada ’83 Philis Ludlam Gold ’42 Eric Mackintosh ’56 MacMurray Pacific Ellen Magnin Newman ’45 Raymond Malispina ’52 Betsey Mar Ho ’76 Uday Mathur ’81 Mayflower Hotel Mark & Kathryn Montgomery Meagher ’74/’72 David Mendelsohn ’49 Selinda C Molloy Neal ’81 Nancy Mouber Henares ’62 Barbara Mundy ’80 Yoko Nakagawa ’82 Yvonne Wah Ng ’82 Tsun Wei David Ng ’77 Marilyn Noda Swartz ’63 William O’Keeffe ’56 Bruce Osterman ’59 Gregory Paraskou ’63
Aaron Parker ’92 Reva Paslin Segall ’58 Terry Lynne Pedersen ’57 William L Penn ’59 Georgette Petropoulos ’70 Rafael Piscitelli Kastl ’44 Irene Poon Andersen ’59 William Pope ’54 Peter Preovolos ’58 Carol Putnam Kathy Quon Bryant ’86 Carl Quong ’52 Richard Risbrough ’58 Daniel W Roberts ’60 Seth Rockman ’89 Jacob Leland Rogers ’06 Laura Rosenman Ghielmetti ’65 Catherine Rossi-Roos ’68 Ara Sahagian ’45 Nancy Satoda ’81 Joshua Scodel ’75 Dewey Seeto ’63 Bertrand Jay Shapiro ’54 Selina Shek ’92 Dennis & Diane Shew ’83 Dennis & Wendy Drefke Shinbori ’68/’68 Robert Silverman ’74 Monique Skruzny ’83 Dale Smathers ’41 Julie D Soo ’78 Diana Staring ’71 Mark A Steiner ’72 Suzanne Stephens Weeks ’38 William Stevenson ’49
Alan Shau Tak Sun ’80 Janet Surkin ’69 Paul Tam ’82 Lisa Tartikoff Rosenthal ’69 Matthew Tevenan ’94 Ella Tom Miyamoto ’59 David Torney ’73 Augustine & Dalny Travaglio David Clark Tseng ’77 Michael Ugawa ’76 Mark Ungar ’83 Roger Venturi ’53 Samuel Wang ’84 Stein & Lenore Person Weissenberger ’55/’58 Jim H Weller ’42 John Michael Whisman ’70 Gayle Willard Higaki ’69 Patricia Willard Leicher ’66 Andrew Williams III ’79 Claudia L Wolf Eshoo ’67 Steven Wong ’84 Helen Woo Fong ’56 Gloria Woo Kwei ’61 Lloyd Wood ’60 Herman Yan ’85 Rita Yee ’73 Randall Yee ’68 Christopher Young ’78 Maggie Yue Yee-Chu ’73 Stephen Yuen ’83 Jack Zee ’86 Anne Zelinsky ’73 Larry Zemansky ’63
A ll Donors
(Donations received from July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013) Matching Fund Donors Abbott Fund Adobe Systems Inc Alliance Bernstein American Express Charitable Fund Amgen Foundation Bank of America BlackRock BNY Mellon Community Partnership The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation Charles Schwab Foundation Chevron Clorox Company Foundation Dodge & Cox Edison International Gap Foundation The GE Foundation Genentech HSBC Intuit Foundation Leading Edge Investment Advisors LLC Levi Strauss Foundation Microsoft Oracle Ralphs Grocery Co Raytheon Research Affiliates LLC Roll Giving & Paramount Community Giving US Bancorp Foundation Visa Givingstation
Friends of Lowell Anonymous Thalia Abate Joe Abate Joseph & Leah Abrams Rick Agbay Dennis M Albers Linda Anderson Barbara & Jerry Babin Bechtel Corporation Riva Berelson Bernstein/Daccarett Family Emma Louise Bethencourt Michael Bien & Jane Kahn John Blume Foundation Brooktrail Property Owners Womens Club Janet & Micah Broude Michael Chambers Glenn Chertow & Dara Nachmanoff
Terri Chin Liru F Chin Ava Chou & Henry Huynh Raymond Z Cohn Noel Commins Congregation Beth Sholom Congregation Emanu-El Congregation Sha’ar Zahav Congregation Sherith Israel Josephine Cooley Vivian Demakas Joel Downs & Chia Wang David Heller & Betsy Eckstein eScrip Erica Eshoo Roland & Lois Feller Robert Feyer & Marsha Cohen FIRST Wyman Fong & Connie Toy George & Diane Frankenstein Margo S Freistadt Amy Friedkin Peter & Lois Gilder Uta Grieshammer Ron & Idit Harlev Arthur Haubenstock & Amy Whiteside Maryline Hee Lynne Herbst Scott Horwitz James L Jensen Bonnie Jones Olga Kharmach & Roberto Kaliman Peter & Nancy Keane Jack Klein Kathryn Krusen Linda Kurtz Andrew Kurtzig Jimmy Lam & Johanna Yee Gregory S Laurinat Andrew Leavitt Rozelle Lee Nancy Levinsohn Susan Lidgate Mace Kelvin Louie Lowell High School PTSA MacMurray Pacific Marcie Maffei Jill S Manton Mayflower Hotel Gregory O’Leary Stephen & Laurie Pearce Sue Plasai Virginia Pohlson Carol Putnam
Rainbow Grocery Cooperative Inc. Orli Rinat Paul & Sheri Robbins Abigail Seto Irving Sherman Somekh Family Foundation Roselyne C Swig Joy Tamaras The Sports Basement Inc. Tom’s Metal Specialists Inc. Top Trot Productions Augustine & Dalny Travaglio Marilyn Tsai David Vickter Foundation Karen Weissman Levine James Wollak Valerie Young Howard & Diane Zack Roberta & Murray Zucker
June M McMullin Bury Ralph H Schwarz Marion Silberstein Shapiro Cecelia Steinberg Hurwich
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Anna Chu Moy Yvonne Cyr Koshland Donald W Davis Teresa Guilfoil Siebert Edna Lucy Smith Jean O’Connell Briare
William D Blankenship Robert Bloch Marion Brill Gibbs Robert Crowder Leonard Feldman Frank R Grannis Jeanette Hamill Raaka Marjorie Hauck Sproul Donald Heyneman Florence C Houston Vergari Yutaka Kobayashi Raymond Landy Jesse Langridge Park Loughlin Philis Ludlam Gold Glenna Martin Les Mendelson Charles Miller Yuji Morita Dolores Parodi Wallace Joan Ransohoff Berry Jean Reese Rilovich Boeddiker William L Sales Kenneth Shelley Maxine Sobel Cohen-Sigel Jim H Weller
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Fannie Abend Rothman George Blackmore Melvin E Cohn Valeska Dougherty Rantz
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Carol Christian Marvel George Good Helen Lee Chan Alice M Lee Wong Charles Manning Richard Niello Ernst S Selig Eve Voigt Hollenberg Barbara Wankowski Forrest
Barton H Knowles Norma Jean Lane Grewe
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Frances M Davey Woodard H Martin Ems Allen S Feder Herbert Fulda Henry L Gimmel Jacqueline Kenfield Crowder Joan Levy Zentner Marie LoBianco Annuzzi Frederick Murray Alan Orr Beth Outsen Vanderhurst Florence Riza Baggetta Don Sharman Sol Silverman Russell Sweeney David Teitelbaum
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Glennette Allen Noreen Mario Basso Robert Boeddiker Frank E Brush Charles Calhan Beatrice Geballe Cahn Catherine Guerena Welcome Elinor Hall Smith Robert Maurer Doris Rohlfs Stewart Jean Ross Chernick Jack R Sloan Suzanne Stephens Weeks Marion Sullivan Fitchett Helen E White Wallace
Arthur Becker Walter Feil
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1934 Norman Mundell
1936 Janet Bont O’Neill June De Ganna Adams Everett Witzel
1937 Charles Auerbach Janet Ball Hayward Ward Hart George T Jeong Gail Lane Roy Charlotte Marble Lowe
J Jerrold Applegarth Rosemarie Coleman Joseph Ehrman III William J Flexsenhar Clarence Goldfinger John Goldsmith Galen Christine Kutulas Roed Donald Modlin John G Preovolos Carl Raaka June Robanser Gardiner Dale Smathers Gloria Sproul Buckham
1944 Richard Block Hugh Burrell Barbara Carlson Showler Ronald Casassa A Crawford Cooley Helen D Dencker Osborne
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1945 Joyce Berk Rose John Allan Bier Robert Bilafer William Evers Robert E Gomperts Lee Hand Muriel Harrison Cabral Reed Hunt Ronald P Klein Don Lawrence Aline Littman Napp Ellen Magnin Newman Noel McKenna Newell Orly E Nolze Nolze Kelly Ara Sahagian Lene Struckmeyer Johnson Edward F Toner Donald Wacks Mildred Young Thomas
1946 Lou Aronian Norma Blair Connor Mary Ann Brown Tonkin Milton Cerf Rosalie Coblentz Lefkowitz Ronald Crawford Richard Daniel Beverly Flowers Weber Lloyd Hanford Doug Hansen Virginia Lee Cole Grace McCague Eleanor McCullough Arnberg Jocelyn Mitchell Nash Roean Norwitt Iscoff Joyce Rodegerdts Bouquet Joan Roeder Titus Peter Sommer Marshall Zemon
1947 Anonymous Clayton Berling Olive Bliss Borgsteadt Wandaline Carter Perelli Janet Chiljian Fox James R Daniels Anne Frankel Lapporte J Arthur Freed Joan Frisbie Neff Ruth Gallaher Leijon Kenneth D Gardner Ronald Leon Yasuko Morita Ikeda William Neff Fumio Alfred Saito Logan Scroggy Greta Smith Gregory Norita Sobel Robbins Robert L Sockolov Shirley S Sparrowe Buono Joanne Susskind Tick Jeanne Tanaka Garcia Gladiola Taylor Anderson Kenneth White Manfred E Wolff
1949 Forrest Anderson Louise Barsotti Norman Beal Gilbert Casarez Jeanne Caturegli Jeanette Daniel Zeif R. L. Scotte Doggett Sally Flinn Chapman Ken Flower Rita Frank Neer Barbara L Freeman Webber Dr. Louis Geissberger Lawrence Goldsmith Ted Gould Zel Greenberg Bauer Harry Hambly Margot Blum Helmuth Schevill Morton Horn Thomas W Johnson Kenneth A R Kennedy Jesse Levy Douglas W Linder James A Maneggie David Mendelsohn Ron Miguel Meriel Miller Brewer William H Owen Donna Parrish Honey Donald Platt James Plessas Helen Ray Adolph Rosekrans Sheldon Rosenthal Melvin L Rubin William Stevenson Eduard Still Jeanne E Susnow Sassoon Sanford Tandowsky
1950 Ruth Allen Gerald E Ambinder Jack Anderson Grant Barnes Donald H Cheu Wilbur Clark Joy Cohn Poust Garth Cook Ellie Cooper Van Voorhis Bock L Dong Ellen Duncan Long Don Feinstein Fred George Donald Gold Donald S Green Donald Holmes Arlene Holtz Leiber Patricia Horne LeRocker Bruce Hyman Bruce Kaufman Debbie Kinsley Dittman Robert Kurtz Daniel Chan Lee Raymond Mah Ernest Malamud Richard Mann George L Martinez Howard Morrow Ruth Nusbaum Poole Nesya Papo Fishstrom
1951 Phil Anaya Fumiye Ando Quong Bernice Baciocco Raffo Rick Bradley Douglas M Egan John Fletcher Rabbi Bernard Frankel Sigmund Freeman Jackie Goldberg Feinstein Joyce Goldstein Watson Carol Heinecke Johnson Velma Henderson Patricia Hoberg Skillman Gerda Kalisch Korner Betty Kindberg Byrne Ray Kistler Carlos Luna Philip J Marcus Mary Louise McGowan Gage Sonya Padgett Stevenson Peggy Pearson Shaffer Marie Phillips Olson Alma Porta Brennan Francine Rose Feder Maxine Rosenberg Schulman Alice Ryan Abbott Michael F Schwabacher Diane A Shemanski Cameron Wylie
1952 Class of 1952 Kenneth Berry Leon Blum Edward Bordin Robert Bransten Auguste Broucaret Ronald Chapman Henry Dosdorian William Floyd Paul Fong Charles E Fuller Joan Goldammer Kjemtrup Bernard Gould Barbara Green Kistler Myra Greenberg Arleigh Grossman Gail Hurley Ruxton Ann Kalechman Blumenfeld Noel Kirshenbaum Peter Kistler Morelle Lasky Levine Steve Layton Gerald Levin Leland Levy Edward Mackay Raymond Malispina Colleen McElroy Verzi Les Morse Ray Perkins
Carl Quong John Schwabacher Horton P Scioneaux Mary Ada Sea George Sheldon Alan Wickens
1953 Richard Alvarez Lawrence Axtell Georgia Baldassari Gibbs James A Bass Judith Bechtel Lois Bernstein Hulsey Neil Blumenthal Al Breslauer Charlene Bruggemann-Wong Robert Celso Constance Covington Dallmann Alexander C Crosby Peter A Dahl Albert Dittmann Nanette Figel Chapman Lenore Fleschler Davis Ronald Fuerstner Gail Garvin Berry Harry Greenberg Carl Hanken Kay Helgesson Elson Judy Kelleher Rigas Yvonne Kramer Creighton George Lederer Joan Lovering Connor Henry Lurie Katherine Mackintosh Cuneo Bernard Mizel Alan Morrison Barbara Neilson Beal John F Sampson Martin Segol Ellie Shemanski Manthos Ronald G Simpson Jo Ann Stewart Anita Sung Gee Virginia Treadwell Carter Roger Venturi Stewart Weinberg Jeffry A Wisnia May Woo Wang
1954 Kenneth Archibald Phil Braverman Claudia Caesar Nettle William Chisum Malcolm Cole George Cuthbertson Richard Dana Barbara Davies Zwieg Joan Erbentraut Gordon Alison Green Braverman Arleigh Greenblat Victor Hebert Diane Jacobs Moore Sam A Kuhn Adriane Modlin Morrison Louis E Pelfini E.F. Bud Phillips William Pope Jacqueline Secail Himes Bertrand Jay Shapiro Aline Spivock Usim Helen Stone Levenson Sumiko Wada Akashi Laurence K Wormser
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1948 Leone Albert Pollard Aline Bier C Howard Brown Merla Burstein Zellerbach Mary Louise Davey Metcho Nadine Ehrenberg Monetta Naomi Ets Hokin Lauter Charles Foge Martin Frankel Dorothy Gercke Praeger Barbara Goodwin Foge Betty Jones Mary Kurtzweil Nordberg Carolyn Licht Wiener Joan McDermott Yost Ralph Mendelson Carol Modlin Swillinger Jean Rose Drago Elizabeth Scheidtmann Bourne Beverly Schmidt King Sim Seiki Donald Stibich Tony Van Vliet
Lawrence Rabinowitz John Rising James D Rosenthal Elsie Solomon Mickola Martin Spellman Noel Straus Hanford Betty Trevor Davis Stephen Yang Lorna Youler Altshuler
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Patricia Aleck Robert Baker De-Lores Beccaria Thomas Peggy Berry Sutherlin Stephen Breyer Donald Bull Dominic James Cappucci Ruby Cohen Hertz Anthony D’Agostino Diann David Brashier Elyce Edelman Melmon Arlene Epp Krieger Edward Evans Gretchen Gause Fox Stuart Gould Roger Herst Carol B Hicks George Ivelich James Jackson Joan Kaufmann Gross Julie K Klein Gibson Carl F Kress Stephan Krieger Benson Kwan Joseph A Lasky Jeanne McCutcheon Humphreys Earl Norgard Neal Petersen Stuart Pollak Roger Ryman Nancy Sawyer O’Hara
Frederick E Seager Kenneth Takahashi Karen Tyree Crommie Stein Weissenberger
1956 Stephen H Abel Dianne Addington Troya L Wayne Batmale George Beavin Judie Biskind Shaw Kenneth Bley Albert G Clark Lorelle Cohn Ellis Joanne Davies Barnes Diana DeMun Blankenship Joan C Duizend Stern David Flinn Arden Greenblat Judy Haight Erickson Jacqueline Hanson Goff Josephine Hanson Wood Eleanor Holtz Cutler Gail Jacobs Nebenzahl Lee Labe Pollak Eric Mackintosh Robert F Miailovich Thomas Nyhan William O’Keeffe Walter S Reed Joan Swimmer Geller Stephen Wiel Helen Woo Fong
1957 Patricia Arden Schandler Diane Buttolph Creasey George Dagnino Joseph Dorsie Nathan Dwiri Jerome Falk Vicki Green Sandra Hartmann Stribolt Robert Henry Stephen Jacobs Kenneth E Jenkins Arlene Knacke Dellari Robert Kucich Mary Ann Lee Sing Roberta Levin Michels Joelle Lewis Benioff Leo Richard Martinez Anthony Mathios Charles McClure William G Meador Beverly Middleton Wyllie Terry Lynne Pedersen Julie Petersen Croker Ralph H Saski Edward William Shortall Bob Spivock Tony St Amant Juli Staiger Postol Craig F Swanson Terry Trosper Schaeffer
1958 John M Belmont Gerald P Butler Lynne Cahen Dittmore Suzanne Cantou Keeler Adrienne Cohn Horn Richard A Colsky Robert Curley Robert Digrazia Michael Dittmore Albert Grady Epes Michael Flaherty Larry Gerrman Carolyn Greenberg Friedman Howard Gregg Newby Stephen Horn Michael C Kavanaugh Duarte Lopes James L Mancini Otis Matheny Molly McNerney MacGowan Burton I Meyer Florence Muto Izumi Cecile Neuebaumer Reva Paslin Segall Lenore Person Weissenberger Peter Preovolos Richard Risbrough Cherie Jo`ell Singer Williams Sylvia Sun Minnick Mark Taylor
1959 Vera J Au Poon Susan Bates Woods Jerry Braunstein Denise Charpiot Kelleher Bonnie Goldman Paul B Hofmann Duncan Lent Howard Rudy Kruse Phillip Lendaris
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1960 Class of Fall 1960 Michael Barron Theodore Bresler Mary Helene Budlong Todd J Campbell Sunny Du Puis Thomas E Durbin Herman Fruchtenicht Martin Harband Arthur Martin Hinkle Ellen Jane Irey Albro Tony Ivelich Andrea Jacobs Elzie Donald R Meyer Miyako Nakazawa Kadogawa Claudia Oppenheim Gardner Carol Pohl Steven B Raffin Pamela Rand-Barzakov Daniel W Roberts Leslie Robinson Carroll Modahl Lee Sankowich Theodore G Tong Ted Uyemoto Karen Voight Lloyd Wood
1961 Class of Spring 1961 Linda Agnone Benatar Dana B Bloom Shapiro Bruce Borgman Frank Dimarco Albert Engel Robert Friend Robert Grossman William Hanson John W Harris Dennis Jaffe Sharon-Ann Jamart Baum Gene Kaufman Myrna Kelso Klassen Anthony King John Klein David W Kuperstein Mark Lachtman Timothy Leach Lawrence H Leong Linda Leong Wang William Levin Ina Levin Gyemant F Lee T.R. Marino Bruce McMillen Harumi Nakao Kishida Barbara Nicol Donnelly Marshall Ow Roger Passera Mark Reutlinger Susie Scurich Melanie Stoff Maier Richard Terry Greg Tolson Wesley Tom Jose Villavicencio Joanne Wallin Smith Gloria Woo Kwei
1962 Kenneth Atterman Kenneth Baron Sandra Bergamaschi Sullivan James Carmack Calvin Chew Jeffrey Davis
Howard Elliott Andrea Fain Selig Helyse Field Hollander Richard Fuller Anicia Guard Guard-Nelson David Guggenhime Lori Jacobs Horne McKenzie Johnson Burpee Linda Johnson Chapman Raymond Kaliski Jeffery Kaufman Ronald Leu Jane Liebman Goichman Wilbert Mason Ivan Meyerson Patricia Morehen Nancy Mouber Henares Toshiko Nakao Uyehara Shirley Paintner Perkins John Petrovsky John Plough Rozell Preddy Overmire Owen Raven Steve Sachs Donna Siegle Anderson Alexander N Teshin Hamilton Wong Robert Yee Penny Young Wood
1963 Joan Abiko Ishihara Denise Appel Freinkel Deanna Au Johnson Carmen Azzopardi Gage George Benetatos John Bischoff Donald Bohn Diane Bonfigli Lobo Lourdes Bulilan Cunanan Chris Carrier Washburn Stephen Carter Clark William Cosden Regner Cunanan Arthur Edelman Phil Ellery Stoll Michael Freeman Marvin Glass Allan P Gold Clarine Hamilton Merritt A. Land Harris Richard Hassman Robert Hom Jacquelyn Hoppe Kasline Leslie Hughes Beverly Ino Matsuishi Kazumaro Ishida Gwen Jew Chan Cheryl Jin Jow Gary Joe Bonnie Krieger Corman Armand Lara Niels Larsen Robert Lee Michele M Lewis Hasson Garrett Lion John K Lum Kenneth Lutich Cynthia Lyon Gum Sandra Maggioli Mary Maurer Otto Helen Morgan Bohl Russell Morris Arthur Muto Florence Negherbon Linda Nelson Bill Neuebaumer Patricia Noda McGill Marilyn Noda Swartz Gregory Paraskou Martha Phillips Poorman James Douglas Ripley Paul Rosenberg Philip D Saxe Susan Saxe Kaufman Philip Schmidt Dewey Seeto Linda Shade Pearce Jackie Siskin Berk Melanie Sperling Carol Waissman Uhlan Anthony Wong Dale Andrea Wong Lee Larry Zemansky Barbara Zipser Shapiro
1964
Dennis Arellano Carole Babow Florian Dirk Beijen Andrew Bernhard Denis Binder Larry Bingham Joseph Blum Ann Brakebill Bersi Guy Burns Frederick Cain Christine Chase Reynolds Daniel Chekene Marc Christensen Collin S Chu Janice M Delfino Lee Charles Dvorak Rosemarie Estolas De Weese Girard Garith Garibaldi Gwenlyn Giffing Gibson Cindy Gilman Redburn Gloria Gonzales Grace Phillip Handin Sarah Hanlin Sutro Diana Hoffman Kazubowski Hortense Johnson Davis Michael Josephson Peter Katches Denise Kaufman Lawrence Kenney Amy Lee Richard Levin Alexander Lee Lock Peter Meeks Sally Mierbach Reingold Donne Mills Davis Adrienne Morales Reeves Julian D Munoz Carol Olmert Pamela Ott Mazur George E Reinhardt Janet Robinson Robbins H Mark Schulz Carla Silberstein Buchanan Vivian Sinick Imperiale Janice Sonoda Fujikawa Nancy Takiguchi Balberan Gary A Weinstein Allison Welles Janss Cheryl Willis Roe Susan Wise Deets Douglas Wong Sidney R Wong Lynn Zalkind Baron
1965 Joel Adler Stephanie Appel Hoffman Lawrence Baum Christine Bernstein Rodriguez Linda Berry Stewart Mark Blum Russell Bohne Desmond Bragstad Charles Bruce James Cancilla Press Clewe Janet Comber Mendez Gilda Galope Lum Gary Greenhood Francisco Grijalva Isac Gutfreund Hannah Hale Carolyn Haynes Hiza Kristina Hooper Woolsey Robert Hughes Nancy Kahn Stanton Gregg Kerlin Elaine Kirchhoff Paul M Lafranchi Wilson Lee Donna Lim Joel Lurie Scott Macey Michael D Mason David Milanesi Arlene O’Brien Doyle Sally Rayhill Dellanini Laura Rosenman Ghielmetti Paul Sakai Aziza Seruya Mara Jack Tacchino Gary Thompson Edward Topham Tim Turner Norman Westhoff Helen Mar Wong Lee
1966 Allan Alcorn Paul Arenson Bertil Bergstrom Ken Blake Carol Boyd Scott Brenneke James E Brodie Robert Byron Brown Morris Budak Judith Carter Barkdoll
Catherine Cicerone Fawcett Judith S Clarke Mike Coreris Conrad Cummings Larry Edwards Elizabeth Erikson Marnul Kathleen A Fairbrother Guthrie Hennili Falldorf Munden David Gabriel Jeffrey Gaynor Steven Hahn Mark Harris James Hentz Donald Iglesias Tom Inouye Ray Jakobovits Francis Gordon King Morlene Klebanoff Cohn Patrick James Laherty Carla Maria Lazzareschi Evelyn Lee Tom Florence Lee Wong Margo Levy Vignola William Lichtenberger Helen Louie Wax Isabel MacWhirter Wade William McQuaid Alan C Mendelson Sonia R Milrod La Verne Milton Doreen Ng Lee James Nunnally Toshio Okano Linda Ozores Ronald Polansky Vicki Porter Wittrock William A Rae Gayle Rantz Rosenberg Susan Renna Grijalva Norman Ronneberg Keith J Rosing Vivian Ryzak Kalev Susan Shapiro Shwartz Edward Tang Patricia Willard Leicher Rosalind Winters Tolson Jean Annette Wolf Hentz H Ward Wolff
1967 Anonymous David Benjamin Michael Bower Lynn Browning Oderman William C Chan Roberta L Chew Virstan Choy Joyce Cook Dana Corvin Dorothy Dea Mar Betty Delaney Kenta Duffey Barbara Elkus Janet Engelbrecht William Fong Madelyn Fried English Barbara Ghio Gross Richard Grabstein Adrienne Jacobs Miller Lawrence Jacobsen Helen Joe Lew Kathrine Jurvig Sidiqi Jeffrey Karp Jeffrey Keyak Jennifer Kuenster Jessica Kuzmanich Gaynor Raymond W Lee Nancy Lee Begonia Terrence Leong Francisco Lopez Patricia Louis Nakano Charlene Low Victor A Merolla Lucina Lea Moses Penny Nakatsu Janice Ogi Laura Outsen Richard Pezner Stuart Quan Kennedy Richardson Ralph Sinick Terry Smith Victoria Steinberg Fuchs Sherrill Rae Stern Laszlo David Stevens Rhoda Tang Barbara Trautmann Padilla Harriette Unger Grabstein Robert Wagner Claudia L Wolf Eshoo Karissa Wong Barbara Yee Chan
1968 Karen Andersen Arlene Basin Corsetti Alan Buchwald Franklin Chan
Gary L Chan May Choi Steven William Comber Irene Davidson Thomas Stephen M Dolgin Wendy Drefke Shinbori Robert Elbert Norine Emmons Ask Robert Gordon Linda Grady Andre Hassid Fred Hinners Sherlyn Hu Leong Bonnie James St James Bruce Janigian Kenneth E Keller Carol Knaus Scolini Keith Kojimoto Robin Langsam Blum Janet Lee Tse Russell Leong Michael Maddan Kathy McCandless Bybokas Dale McKenna Richard Mitra Mabel Ng Linda Owyoung Lowe Miriam Dale Pichey Dmitry Ponomareff Catherine Rossi Rossi-Roos Kirk Runner Robert Sakai Dennis Shinbori Wayne Slagle Cynthia A Smith Bruce Alan Spiegelman Dennis Tajiri Lillian Toy Chin George Westermark Robert H Winthrop Annie M Wong Suzanna Wong Hansen Randall Yee
1969 Ronald Bowerman Marilyn Capps Miller David Cherney Richard Chew Alan Dworkin Sorin Eremia Karen Fong Keola Shelborne Fung Harley Gee Homer Gee Cindy Gok Gregory Gomez Michael Harris Kate Haskin Brostoff Clinton Huey Thomas Jung Karen Lee Tony Lee Paula Lee Mahoney Terry Mack Magnin Gary Mason Terre O’Rourke O’Rourke Thomas Jean Pao Ng Linda Powell Powell-McMillan Bruce Quan Melecio M Santos Charles Schultz Warren Seeto Nancy Sitton Caroline SooHoo Janet Surkin Lisa Tartikoff Rosenthal Christine Weinstein Gayle Willard Higaki Jackson D Wong John L Wong Michael Wong Brian Wong
1970 Lorraine Backman Cynthia Barnes-Slater Jill Bickford Fishman Joy Chang Roberta Cohen Holden Lena Diethelm Robert Fried Jeffrey Friedman Sidney M Gospe John Handa Susan Hornstein Evelyn Hum Louie Mary Jang Itzhak Zvi Kalinski Peter Kwok Kitty Lam Jeanne Lawton Nellie Lee Warren Leong Gary Leung Nancy Lim-Yee Susan Louie Gok Marvin Gregory Marro
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1971 David Arrick Joyce Ashizawa-Yee David Berger David Brown Calvin W Chu Patrick Gee Philip Scott Hara Paul Heller Craig Kimball Olson Lee Wendy Nelson Tokunaga Pamela Pavlovsky Mayer Ellen Pichey Leatrice Shelly Ford Diana Staring Tim White Wellington Wong Maria Wong White Bradley Yee
1972 Joseph Afong Maria Elena Anaya Ruth Auerbach Debra Babcock Angela Chan Kurtis Chin Dorothy Chun Craig Collins Leslie Colvin Solomon Brian P Connolly Brian J Cruz Cathy Dobbs Goldstein Dale Drexler Norma Rene Everline Edward Fong David Hagerman James Hayman Nick Hoppe Allan Horn Andrew Hui Herb Inestroza Ronald J Israel Joanne Sem Ja Steve Johanson John Knox Jody Kulvin Hine Miguel Lanza Robert Lee Irene L Lew Tina Low Patrick Anthony Ma Jean Y Masuoka Patrick A McKay Michael J McQuaid Kathryn Montgomery Meagher Don Ng Beth L Ruby Pollock Marilyn Singer George Skaates La Von Smith Mark A Steiner Bryan M Wong Harry Wong Robin Woo Helen W Yee
1973 Bruce Agid Linda Arcellano Shaw Julie Asturias Llanes Marla Bach Saltzstine James Baer Dennis Barfield Mark Budak Helene Campagnet Lawrence J Cannon Richard Carlton Buffy Cereske Debra Chin Powell Steven Chinn Jeanette Chittum Langdell Stephen Christie Kelly Cline Kim Dinkelspiel Johnson John Ehrlich
Christine Ewald Hansson James Fong Kathleen Fong Susan Frankenstein Dean Mark Gamble Barbara Gold Lurie David Grossman Timothy Hanford Hans Hansson Karla Haun Robertson Jonathan Hoff Peter Hong Robina E Ingram-Rich Paul Jensen Mark Krueger Anil Lal Bill Langdell Herbert Buck Lee Judith Levin Deborah J Levy Mark A Levy David Lieu Marcus Lowe Marc Machbitz Mark Mosheim Linda Nanbu Wendy Page Wayne Palsson Michael Penn Thomas Peterson Gisele Pohan Thomas Walter Posey Penelope A Preovolos Paul Reinhardt Vera Safronoff Ginotti Anne Schagen Doreen Shim Roth Beverly Sommer Feder Leila Sorrell Van Gelder Marianne Stewart Wilson Jocelyn Tom David Torney Channing Gene Wong Darryl Woo Dale Yee Gaymond Yee Rita Yee Maggie Yue Yee-Chu Anne Zelinsky
1974 Susan Adams Joseph C Armenta Mirta Arsenian Cali Judith Auerbach John Baskett Bruce Batten Petra Benna Gardner Janet Chang-Pryor Lorna Chee Warren Chee Frank Choy James Connolly Lisa Coughlin Clay John Crittenden Verne Deriman Dertimanis Natasha Egoroff Hyndman Barry Epstein David Fellows Frank Hong Clayton Jue Matthew Lando David A Lee Jerry Lee Wayne Leong Deborah Lim Peter MacPhail Mark Meagher Janice Oneto Peggy Peterson Bley Ernest Robles Lou Roselli Kirby Sack Barbara L Schulz Maggie Shafer Maiers Jeffrey Shapiro Robert Silverman Eric Tang Ray Van Der Horst Nancy Wildenradt Eisen David Wong Scott Wood
1975 Anonymous Mark Bley Adam Fink Michael Gropper Daniel Grossman Courtenay Hardy Keith Howell Steven Lam Lynette Lee Seid Judi Leff Mitchell Lerman Dale Lieu Gary S Louie Mark Manber
Mark Markel Pedro Merino Paul M Nauman Carlton Hugh Oler Tina Petrakis Nancy Riddle Joshua Scodel Kenji Spencer Lisa S Thoshinsky Vande Voorde Stanley F Tom Nora Woo Gee Cynthia S Zamboukos
1976 Anonymous Terence Abad Leah Akers-Bell Augustine Bau Andrew Berberich Joceline Boucher Flora Burger Kupferman Paul K Chan Wynne Chin Nelson Dare Miriam Ducoff Smolen Karla Ekholm Steve Emerson Beverly Epstein Chris Fong Helen Goldsmith Leo Halog Peter Herzstein Irene Hilton Wilbur Hong Jeffrey Horn Sandra Kobayashi Elene Lee Maria Lee Sohnlein Ken T Leong Karen Lowe Calvin G Lum Betsey Mar Ho Jeffrey Matsuoka Eddy Ng Wilson Ng Janet Popesco Archibald Patrick F Quan Mike Susoev Justin Ting Joanne Tolosa Lester Tom Lisa Tong Hu Michael Ugawa Sheila Walsh Yeh Betty Wan Gary Westermark Francis Yeh
1977 Kirsti Aho Michael Lee Fong Anthony Grumbach Joan Hoover Thomas Hunt David Kaiser Ann Kasper James K Lau Lawrence Louie Philip C Mezey Kitty Ng Tsun Wei David Ng Pat Robles Velarde Martha Shumway Peter L Stein Kenneth Tan David Clark Tseng Robert Velarde Elaine Wong Lam Karen Choy Yip Gore
Mabel Lee Abellera Jason Macario Lorraine Ow Perry Pong Mary Reilly Keller Steve Mark Snyder Paul Tsien Ken Ungar Peter Waldman Susan S Wang Andrew Williams III Jody Wong Johnson Wong George Zee
1980 Naomi Baum Sophie Breall Annette Caparaz Caneda Grace Chang Elaine Fong Aaron Freiwald Elizabeth P Fung Linn Hom Jules Jelinek Marlene Keyak Smith Brant T Lee Edna Fay Lee Edward Louie Ruth Mancia Bennett Barbara Mundy Linda Or Allen Ana Quijano Urbina Amy Segal Blase Nicholas Shihadeh Alan Shau Tak Sun Annie Takeuchi Michael Ullman Shelly Wentker Taylor Carlene Wong-Lee Lisa Stephanie Yee Brown
1981 Maya Ching Theresa Harrington Theodore Holman Miriam Kim John Lam Sam Lauter Uday Mathur Selinda C Molloy Neal Stanley Ng Susie Paik Lee Cathy Poon Yee Daniel Rich Nancy Satoda Judith Tick Ron Wong Elaine Yeh Lucy S Zee Lee
1982 Kevin Barry Kimiko Burton Lawrence J Clark Julie Fong Robert Git Fong Susan Freiwald Steven Ganz Dina Goldman Gloria Jaquez Alexander Kami
1978 Roy Abendroth Amy Chan Gee Carol Crawford Falstrup Anne Crittenden Dickson Cindy Dare David Fink Julie Gee Chinn William Hair Benjamin Leung Mark W Lieu Cheryl Moore Duke Otoshi Chris Paszty Karin Rosander Chafetz Julie D Soo Lisa Sullivan Hamann Corey Waters Craighton Woo Christopher Young Nancy Yue
1979 William W Cheng Ronald D Eng Kevin Kwok Fong Madeline Hancock George Ishikata
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Helen Lee Mei Kim Carol Lee Steven P Li Albert C Lo Linda Louie Fady Malik Evan Mark Annie Miu Hayward Yoko Nakagawa Yvonne Wah Ng James Chinsoo Park Susan Lynne Parker Neece Stephen Popper Teresa Renaker Diane Suen Shew Maura Sullivan Paul Tam William Sze K Tam Sally Tam Screven George Wong Henry Wong Yuji Yamada Melanie Yoo Maylen Yue
1983 Theodore Chan Robert Cornell Elise Fong Wing Brenda Joan Gee Hayley Green Smith Jocelyn Kei Schauer Patricia Ann Koblenz Wang Li Diana Loo Anne Lucas-Quesada Kristine Mar Emily Murase Leonel Nascimento Edward William Sadler Dennis Shew Monique Skruzny Gary Takemoto Mark Ungar Henry Wei Stephen Yuen Harlan Zimmerman
1984 Wei Mun Chu Rogelio Dawkins Patrick Foo Sarah L Hudson Andrew Lam Joanne Elaine Lyon Sokol Daniel Nakamura Jennifer Poulakidas Samuel Wang Steven Wong Tony Woo
1985 David Botkin Stanley ConHon Daniel Harrington Deborah Hauser Sandra Hong Li Linnea Johnson Shoko Kashiyama Isabelle King Vincent King Jack Lau Calvin Lee
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1986 Carolina Alvarez Picazo John W Chan Annie K M Chow Eric Fastiff Vincent Harris Virginia Herrera Schuler Stephanie Yukako Ide-Wakimura Grace Kao Nelson Kong Samuel Kwong Hung Le Raymond K Louie Carla Newmeyer Cooper Dean M Poulakidas Kathy Quon Bryant Hawkin Ed Woo Tina Kathryn Yu Lee Jack Zee
1987 Eleanor Pat Chan Cecilia Chui Lambert Bryan Clair Glenn Fong Deborah Grubb Moskovitz Elizabeth Huey-Levine Michelle Jeong Dee Hung Lau Hansen Lieu Kenny Mok Robert Nakamura Jennifer Wong Lee Michelle Wong-Ng
1988 Elaine Anderson Katherine Aquino Anthony Chow Chris Galvin Caroline Kim Kress Frank Myung Lee Michelle Lee Daria Pennington Georgene Poulakidas Kromydas Jeaniene Talley Andrew Tolson Kimberly Wong Stanley Wong
1989 Lee Cheng Rebecca Chow Choe Virginia Esperanza Lorne Margery Fong Eckerly Alison Fox Mazzola Robert Gee Lara Goldstone Jonathan E Heuser Chester A Hom Abigail Hull Koenig Darryl Jang Eric Kress Roger Kuo Diane Leong-Wong Wong Natasha Mihal Diana Ng Nha-Ai Nguyen-Duc Kenneth Quon Jon Richardson Seth Rockman Ramon Romero Tree Teresa Tam Roland Tang Cary Wong
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Anonymous Thomas Balk Michael Bernzweig Jericho Castillo Tenley Harrison Sandy Sin Lee Tom Lieu Wendy Y Lo Eric O’Brien Theodore Omachi Marie Ouano-Kim Theresa Pulanco Castillo Daniel S Reid Graham T Selvan Luell Mae Tai O’Malley Alicia Walker Alan Yan
Gilbert Austria Melinda M Chan Nguyen Winnie W Chung Serena M Gee Zhao Andrew Green King Lip George Liu Janet Cheu Chu Ng Aron Joshua Nussbaum Susan Shing Yan Yung Leong
Anna Yu Lam Leslie Sil Law Lana Lee Justin T Liu Jonathan K Lui Clara Porter Kristina Svensson Ronnie Mose Versher Jr William Vu Melinda T Yee Jeffrey Yu
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1991 Anna Armitage Yoram Bauman Shea L Bond Michael Wayne Chee Diamond Colon Kate Cutler Peri Friedman James W K Kong Cindy K Kwong Leong Natasha Litt Sharon S M Lum Medina Max Luttrell Charles Thornburgh Liane S Yee
1992 Anonymous Rodel Ajoste Christina Ballesteros Castro Casey Berman Mary Chan Doniego Feodor Chin Taryn Clark Tracy DeAmicis McMahan Don Emley Antonio P Garcia Jennifer Goff Meacham Angela Desiree La Beaud Cindy Lee Harrington Jonathan Litt Mario Lopez Maya Mitchell Land Thornton Mu Aaron Parker Lara Philliposian Lagerquist Jogi Quimbo Veronica Radaikin Selina Shek Rebecca Shore Janet Sollod Lillian Trac Eland Yu
1993 Erik James Bjorn Danielle Endres Edith Ostapik Jung Sun Park Dennis Song Rupert Tagnipes Joe Guan Jou Tam Andrew T Wong Jenny C Yee
1994 Anonymous Patricia Brown Brian Galie Stanley Hong Christine Hosoda Marilyn My H Luong Liana McGriff Emily Mizuno Andreas Nguyen Matthew Tevenan Maia Werner-Avidon Sandy Yee
Jocelyn Blumenthal Boonchai Boonyaratanakornkit Jenny Chan Andrey Kit Wei Chow Margaret Fong Lip Vinson Lee Charleen Louie Robert Park Yelena Rubinshteyn Kenshin Sakura Kamau Gen Washington Victoria T Wong Jaclyn Wong Chou
1997 Anonymous Edison Thor Keh Cayabyab Jonathan C Cheng Anita Chung Dana Taro Franklin Marco Lazaro Hedelund Lucy Shen Yu Howng Benson Kirby Jung Pamela Ann Lee Emily J Price Phillips Maria S Shim Joscelyn Tham Wong Kelli Thomas-Drake Jenny Tien B Van Cohen Benson Wong Elisa Chia Yao
1998 Anonymous Shirley Lei-Min Cheng Melinda W Chung Claudia Chung Sanii Matthew Cohen Daniel H Goto Mayela Sophia Gutknecht Leslie Lau-Wang Alicia K Louie Chen Karen You Chuan Wang Michael Stephen Yee
1999 Michael Tsz Chung Chan Nancy Chung Allred Stephen Feyer Daniel Scott Finlayson Audrey Anne Jeung Lauren A Keane Matthew L Lee Ke Jing Amy Lei Aaron Mahan Kitty Poon Rachel Anne Wilson Miu Shan Yan
2004 Laura J Bannett Erin Elizabeth Calhoun Irene Ching Lydia Feng Luis Alfredo Jimenez Andrew Kong Yan Min Tan
2005 Julio Catalan Allard C Chu Charles Caleb Cutler Sarah M Dorsey Nicole Hui Maricar Alcanta Ifurung Jeffrey Kwong Bryan Darwin Lee Lauren Adrienna Longley Anton Alexander Peterlin Stanley Tan Kelly Yuka Walton Gregory Young Wong
2006 Derrick Wai Chao Joseph Swenson Cutler Stefanie Meggan Lau May Lee Elaine S Martin Thomas Satoshi Nakamura Stephanie Trian Ng Anna Rafalovich Jacob Leland Rogers Kimberly Diaz Santos Crystle Kelli Wong
2007 Andrew Akraboff Jeena Arnold Valentin Bolotnyy Miriam Feller Daniel Johengen Sze Katie Louey Sebastian Peterlin Betsy Selander Danny Yu
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Anonymous Danielle Carol Broude Yokell Erica Cohen Piper Camille Hearst Raymond C Ho Grigoriy Krimer Sareen Janna Leong Leong Li Catherine Ann Richardson Rex Diaz Santos Matthew Taylor Stoft Derek Aaron Van Orden
Christopher Cheung Tony Dear Eve Denton Heejin Hwang
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Vanya Putnam Akraboff Sara Sebastiene DeAraujo Deniz Efendioglu Fontaine Lam Kate Ellis Lazarus Minna Lee Sarah Caroline Tyler Lana Monica G Wan Chavarria
Mindy Huynh Thomas Linford Thomas Tu Tina Wong
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Nicolina Alden Akraboff Katherine L Chen Jacob Theodore Cutler Erol Zihni Efendioglu Gustin Rene Guibert Lisa Lam Nicole Jean Lazarus Joanna Karen Richardson Melissa Daniel Saulog Christopher A Sia
Julia Victoria Baron Kniesche Alice Pak Yan Cheng Wayland Chew Nadia Conrad-Huayta Conrad Jenna DeFabio Jimmy Do Alisa Lena Farenzena Natalie Bossen Fuchs Shana Rachel Heller Joyce Ting Ting Ho Yong Zhen John Jiang
Anonymous Warren Kong Katrina Lau Scott Lee Kenny Ludlow
2011 Jack Hamm Lydia Hu Penn Scoble
2012 Lawrence Chen William Fried Isabella Jaye Nicholas Junius Justin Lam
Faculty Jack Abad Svein Arber Wendy Beck
Cheryl Bragstad Paul Cheng Tony DeGennaro Ernst M Feibusch James Gazaway Steve Hirabayashi Andy Ishibashi George Johnson Bob Jow Edgar Lehmann Florence Lewis Paul Lucey Victoria Maquinana Jack Meier Marian Murphy Gonzalez Deanna Nielsen Dorothy Ong Barbara Prato Lawrence Robinson Dennis Ross Thelma Schiller John Shankel Sandra Shure
IN MEMORY OF: Bob Anino ’28 (faculty) Gita & Henry Baigelman Sima Bernzweig John Blume ’28 Rose Bush Marcia Calander Thoshinsky Vicki Chin ’67 (faculty) Marjorie Colvin Wolf ’44 Heidi Correa Ramirez ’85 Larry Dawson ’55 Thomas Drain (faculty) Cipriano Espinor ’57 Billy Goldman Jacqueline Gordon Sherman ’36 Kevin Harrington ’56 Nancy Hayes (faculty) Angela Hon Ng Dr. Ruth Howard (faculty) Jacques Louis Hymans ’54 Claire B Israel Greenblat ’32 George Jeong ’37 James Knapton (faculty) Mary Kurtzweil Nordberg ’48 Mike Leaskou ’53 Robet Leudtke (faculty) Buster Levitan Doris Lieb Blum ’29 Al Lopez ’57 Alva Ann Lynch Sjolinder ’56 Alexandria Manitsas ’86 Harvey Masonek ’36 Jason Mintz ’86 Stephen Mittel F’61 Samele Moncharsh Samuel F’45 Carlos A. Monsalve ’29 Leray Moore Maj Joseph Mucelli (USA Ret; faculty) Roy K Murdock ’47 Daniel Gregoy O’Leary ’41 Peter Peracca ’61 Pat Pivnick Levin ’67 Roland Quan ’69 Pauline K. Quirk Lidgate ’34 Stafford Repp ’36 Walter Scott ’65 Kathleen Slattery Hiatt ’30 Mike Smith (faculty) Suzanne Snow ’64 Celia Strauss Cain (faculty) Robert Susnow ’65 Bob Swingley ’46 Lai Chun Tam David Thoshinsky ’71 Herschel Tolson Leif Vilibald ’65 Anne Wallach (faculty) Arthur Weinberg ’51 Bernard Wolf ’36 SGM Mack Yoshida (faculty)
DONATIONS IN HONOR OF: Class of 1982 Class of 1992 Class of 2013 Terence Abad ’76 Jack Anderson ’50 (faculty) Ken Berry ’52 LTC Douglas Bullard (faculty) May Choi ’68 (faculty) Lisa Coughlin Clay ’74 Andrew Ishibashi (faculty) Mr. & Mrs. Jia Ji Lei Paul Lucey’s 90th birthday (faculty) Ellen Magnin Newman ’45 Vianna Newman ’11 Barbara Prato (faculty) PTSA volunteers, parents, presidents Ray Perkins ’52 Patrick Quan ’76 Dennis Treadway (faculty) Sarah Trelaun (faculty)
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Keeping In Touch… MARY LOUISE McGOWAN GAGE updates, “I am adjusting to living without my late husband Ted, but am blessed to have my brother Sandy living with me. The pacemaker I received in November 2012 allows me to continue with my normal activities, but I had two surgeries in 2013. I’m back to normal now (whatever that is!). Hopefully there will not be any more medical problems for a long time. I will always be proud I am a member of the Lowell Alumni Association!” DONALD PICHEL reminisces, “FRED GEORGE and I were on the 1950 mile relay team that won the San Jose and Merced relays. Lowell won six races that day, all the relays combined. DON TRAVIS was my coach and Lowell also won the city championship that year. Hello Fred, Judy B. and Colleen. Lowell is still the best school in San Francisco!”
We have yearbooks from 1951 and selected other years available for purchase. Please contact us at lowellaa@lowellalumni.org or (415) 759-7830 for more information.
1952
jan & jun
EDWARD BORDIN says, “Things are going well in Paradise (Sarasota, Florida). Recent trips to Cuba and Russia. Enjoying retirement.” JOAN GOLDAMMER KJEMTRUP jots, “Still living in Los Gatos – in the same house for 50 years. I’m now a widow. Always enjoy the reunions!” LESLIE GOTTSCHAMER CREWS notes, “Still involved with teaching. I’m on the Art Committee of the California Kindergarten Association and involved with San Mateo Early Learning Center. Tutoring a premature triplet girl, now six years old.” PETER & BARBARA GREEN KISTLER recount, “We enlisted the service of several medical specialists in 2013. The end results are that Pete is happily back playing golf and bike riding and Barbara can now ditch the eyeglasses for most activities. December is a busy month for us with multiple birthdays and our 58th wedding anniversary to celebrate. We are thankful for our blessings and hope the year has been kind to our Lowell classmates.” GAIL HURLEY RUXTON happily shares, “Daughter Jenny back to work after 3-1/2 years of stage 4 cancer and I’m back from three weeks in the U.K. and two weeks in Italy.” ANN KALECHMAN BLUMENFELD checks in, “Gordon and I are happily back in Petaluma and we’re busy with non-profit organizations.” NOEL KIRSHENBAUM explains, “I am now a Director of the Book Club of California, also a Councillor of the Save the Redwoods League and on the Board of the Mining History Association. Active with Stanford Libraries and the Bancroft Library of UC Berkeley.” IRENE ENSTROM KAUS says, “All’s well – Jack and I are married 50 years this year – who knew?”
1953
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JUDY KELLEHER RIGAS writes, “Have
a one-year-old great-grandson, Mason. Ignoring arthritic knees and still playing tennis. Enjoying the summer at Tahoe and having friends and family visit.” PHIL FEHLEN reports, “Our Class of ’53 60-year Reunion was successfully held last October. Of the 28 graduates in attendance, 12 were from Commodore Sloat Elementary, 9 of whom were in my class.” JACK SAROYAN updates, “Retired from private dental practice in San Francisco. Now teaching dentistry at the University of the Pacific Dugoni School of Dentistry.” JEFFRY WISNIA tells, “Still living happily in Red Sox Nation and working five days a week with my wife in our family business. All four of our children live near us, their ages range from 26 to 49 years. I’m still adhering to the motto ‘there is no right way to do the wrong thing.’” STEWART WEINBERG comments, “I enjoyed seeing everyone at the reunion. No one has aged a day!”
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BILL CHISUM informs, “Just laying back here in San Diego as my wife and I enjoy our 14th year of retirement. However, still active for 24th year with both the Poinsettia Bowl and Holiday Bowl. Wow, this year will be our 60-year reunion!” JOAN ERBENTR AUT GORDON announces, “My first historical novel, ‘GraImThu! I Love You!’ is actually selling nicely on lulu.com and other distributors. The story, set in Ireland and Utah, is about how people with diverse beliefs and ideas can learn to get along. It is a love story, suitable for all ages. A main character is a 14-year-old boy who helps unite his family.” PHIL & ALISON GREEN BRAVERMAN note, “Living an active life in Folsom, California. Traveling a bunch, too. Hope to see our classmates as a reunion lunch this year.” PETE REIDER – see JANET SAMPSON REIDER ’55. HELEN STONE LEVENSON muses, “Thinking of all of you. Having dinner with PETE & JANET SAMPSON REIDER. Small group of Lowellites here in the Boston area.” MALCOLM COLE reports, “Continuing my long involvement with the legacy of the Austrian-American émigré composer Eric Zeisl (1905-59), I recently prepared performing editions that made possible a CD entitled simply ‘Eric Zeisl’ (Yarlung Records 96820, ©2013). Performed by the UCLA Philharmonia (Neal Stulberg, music director), three compositions appear on disc for the first time.”
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ANTHONY D’AGOSTINO remarks, “Published two books last year: Russsian Revolution, 1917-1945 (Praeger) and Rise of Global Powers (Cambridge). Shooting for the Class of ’55 Prize for Literature, nonfiction category, no competition for ROGER HERST. Sad goodbye to KATY KING ROSS.” EARL NORGARD updates, “Celebrated our 55th wedding anniversary with a cruise to Hawaii last November, joined by classmate CAROL HICKS. Also celebrated my wife Karen’s 75th birthday – she’s a Lincoln High grad from ’56.” PETE & JANET SAMPSON REIDER report, “Grandson Sampson (Sam) and grand-
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daughter Charlotte graduate from Hamilton College and Lick-Wilmerding High School, respectively, in 2014. Sam will then start working in San Francico, while Char has been accepted at Middlebury. Janet and Pete now spend winter-spring in SF.” KAREN TYREE CROMMIE recounts, “I attended a memorial service last October in Washington, D.C. for CONNIE BROWN LEWIS ’55. Her brother-in-law, BOB SHUEY ’55 was there. It was a touching gathering of friends and family — all sharing memories of Connie’s sweet nature and marvelous sense of humor.”
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TOM NYHAN reported, “A slight medical problem has delayed me in working with our Class of 1956 reunion committee to plan an event in 2013, will try again in 2016, so stay fit and healthy.” [Editor’s Note: Sadly, Tom passed away in December, 2013. Classmates will miss all his good work keeping them in touch with one another.] KAREN PETERSEN BALISTRERI boasts, “Same address for 51 years. We opted to buy, instead, a home for our son and one for our oldest grandson, Paul. We are grateful for our traveling in the past. We no longer have the energy or wherewithal to go.” SONJA THEA SWENSON TAYLOR says, “Looking forward to our 60-year reunion.”
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KENNETH JENKINS shares, “Retired from teaching middle school science. Still living in Yorktown, Virginia.” ROBERT KUCICH advises, “I’ve switched from Irish whiskey to vodka. This has really helped me out. There are days when I’m able to get out of bed before noon. Still five zeroes short of being a Valedictorian donor. Wait ’til I hit the Powerball. Still working at 24th Avenue & Taraval – a very thirsty bartender.” LEO MARTINEZ exalts, “Golf gods shined on me in 2013 – shot my age and had a hole in one. How about that “Doc” B? Keep swingin’, classmates. Sad to hear of fellow firefighter TOM NYHAN’s passing. Tom kept many alums connected/updated. Hear that for three years, BOB LOM (quarterback) kept his hands warm taking snaps from TOM (center). ‘Gim-ax.’” JACK & YOLANDA MURCIA GIBSON shares, “Celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary with Lowell High School friends. Involved in Marin Latino Leaders Forum. President of Hispanic Business Chamber of Marin. Travels to New York City, Bermuda and El Salvador in 2013.” CRAIG SWANSON congratulates, “Thank you, YOLANDA MURCIA GIBSON and CHARLENE PETERSON VARGO – visiting with many old friends at the 55-year reunion on September 22, 2012 was great fun! Our first great-grandson turned one year old on August 29, 2013 – he is very precious and a great entertainer. Thanks for the ride, Joni! Stop in Santa Barbara so we can lunch at the SBYC and reminisce! The best to all!” ROBERT HENRY shares, “Still running the Dipsea and have two wonderful grandchildren.” MARY ANN LEE SING writes, “Happy to support speech/debate at Lowell, having finished 4th at the 1957 California state championships, in order to help students go to championship tournaments.” JOELLE LEWIS BENIOFF wishes, “Happy New Year! My fifth grandchild arrived last year, Remy-Sky Benioff-Petrov. I am thrilled
to have three girls and two boys. Such fun! Love to all!” SERGEI TSCHERNISCH announces, “Recently retired as President of Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, Washington.”
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MOLLY MacGOWAN wishes, “Even though we have lost many in our class, I hope several/some in the Bay Area will put together another reunion. It would be great if it happened when I’m competing in the area. Competing in what? Check out YouTube. After almost 40 years off the ice, I’ve been winning for the last 12 years.” CHERIE JO’ELL SINGER WILLIAMS scribbles, “Continue to enjoy retirement in Seattle, almost time for a reunion.”
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NICK & BENITA RUERO ST AMANT explain, “Some people (like Nick) don’t know when to retire. He’s been with the federal government for 51 years and doesn’t know any better. Benita is retired (for the third time) from Loyola University in Maryland, but still works there a few days a month. We welcomed our 16th grandchild last July and all 7 offspring are doing well. Nick says it’s due to Benita’s excellent mothering skills. We send best wishes to the Lowell alums ‘out west.” (We’ve been in Maryland 40 years, but SF is still the old hometown.) We’re at st.amant@ verizon.net. Still carrying fond memories of that great 55-year reunion. ‘Hi’ to all we ‘reuned’ with.” JEANNE TOBIN BUSH recounts, “Last year, I finally took a vacation, a two week cruise to Hawaii, with stops at Kauai, Honolulu, Maui and Hilo. We had beautiful weather and met people, now to be our friends, from other states.”
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MIYAKO NAKAZAWA KADOGAWA invites, “Come to Little Toyko in downtown Los Angeles in August during Nisei Week; see the most colorful ‘L.A.: Tanabata Festival.’ Entertainment, music, food and games. You’ll see me, all white hair.”
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DENNIS JAFFE updates, “My son has become my partner in my insurance agency and we are happy grandparents of three.” WESLEY TOM yells, “A special hi to Mark R., Dennis J., Ken U., Henry D., Ivan V., Bill H., Tony R., Dennis Y., Bob W. ’63 and Paul R. ’63. Hope I didn’t forget someone.”
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GERALD & SARA LANGENTHAL ADAMS exclaim, “We are loving retirement! Travel, reading, gardening, woodworking, cooking and volunteering fill our days, and friends and family fill our hearts.” KEN ATTERMAN announces, “I’m proud to announce the marriage of our eldest daughter, Jennifer, to Michael Ross on March 23, 2013, in a private ceremony in Sausalito. At the same time, I am saddened by the untimely passing on June 1 of classmate and good friend STEPHEN MITTEL. ‘Mittel’ was a true, one of a kind Lowell personality who will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved him. I’ve recently relocated my law practice to 41 Katrina Lane, San Anselmo,
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Keeping In Touch… CA. My e-mail remains attymarin@gmail. com — keep in touch.” McK ENZIE BURPEE (formerly SUZANNE JOHNSON) updates, “Retired from Burpee & Colina Insurance Co. ten years ago. I am now settled in Sunriver, Oregon. My husband Bob and I love living in Central Oregon. We have two wonderful grandchildren – Lauren, age 18, and Jack, age 15. Lauren is off to Rutgers University to study speech pathology. Would love to hear from members of the Class of 1962 – e-mail me at poppyii65@aol.com.” JOHN PETROVSKY wonders, “Our 50-year reunion was lots of fun, will the next one be our 60-year reunion?” ROZELL PREDDY OVERMIRE remarks, “I didn’t realize when I was a Lowell student that some of my fellow students would be life-long friends 50-plus years later! Here’s to lasting friendships and all the teachers who gave us a good start.”
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BOB & JANICE DELFINO LEE exclaim, “Great to see so many old friends at the 50-year reunion and to make some new friends, too! Thanks to the committee for a great job.” RUSSELL MORRIS gushes, “It was great seeing everyone at our 50-year reunion.” SYBIL SCHWARTZ HARD concurs, “Had a great time at our 50-year reunion connecting with old friends. Looking forward to a joint 70th birthday party and another reunion in 2018.” PAUL ROSENBERG checks in, “Our first class to graduate from the ‘New Lowell’ celebrated on the date of the 50th anniversary of our graduation on January 29, 2013 at a private room at Original Joe’s. We also gathered for breakfast before the April 13 celebration at the new campus. We joined the June 1963 class for two days of partying at our Grand 50th. We are now planning our annual gettogether on January 29th. Imagine, after 50 years, we still enjoy each other and get together at least once per year.”
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MARC CHRISTENSEN proclaims, “Looking forward to seeing everyone from the Classes of Fall ’63 & Spring ’64 at our 50-year reunion on October 25, 2014. The Reunion Committee has been working over the past six months to create a memorable reunion. Please plan to attend!” JANICE DELFINO LEE – see 1963. DENISE KAUFMAN updates, “I live part time in Venice, CA and on my organic farm in Kilauea, Kauai, where I teach yoga, play music and surf as much as possible. In order to inspire people to stay mobile and fluid for life, I created a website called www.squateverywhere.com. Hope it’s useful to my classmates and their dear ones! Aloha nui.” JULIAN MUNOZ advises, “Our 50-year reunion takes place in 2014 – please plan on attending.” PAMELA OTT MAZUR shares, “I am enjoying my two grandchildren (now ages 4 and 5) and am still teaching at my local community college.” VIVIAN SINICK IMPERIALE brags, “Retiring in February 2013 – ahhh! Now my busy-ness is of my own choosing. Several volunteer projects including an odd love of mine – proofreading! English was, after all, my favorite subject.”
GLORIA GONZALES GRACE shares, “We continue to enjoy retirement. We just returned from a little over three weeks in Southeast Asia. We were lucky to miss remnants of the big typhoon. We cruised through 8 countries and had a fabulous time. We met one Lowellite along the way.” DONNE MILLS DAVIS says, “Two big milestones last year: My husband, Sonny, and I celebrated our 45th wedding anniversary in Paris. My GaGaSisterhood social network for grandmas celebrated our 10th anniversary on December 5th with a big holiday party.”
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ELAINE KIRCHOFF shouts, “Retired last February!” AZIZA SERUYA MARA announces, “Leo and I happily retired in Livermore. Our granddaughter Zara is two and provides us with such joy! Daughter Nita pregnant with second child, due in April – we’re thrilled. We seem them two or three times a week. Son Abraham still lives in San Diego, currently unemployed (physics/engineering), plans to go back to school for a masters in Engineering and Business Management. We visit him too and he visits us. Both kids are very close to us – love it! Am thinking of going back to Gibraltar again in Fall of 2014 and visiting friends in Spain and England. My new e-mail address is azizamara1@gmail.com.”
Keeping in Touch items received after December 31 will appear in the next issue of the newsletter.
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LIZ ERICKSON MARNUL greets, “Hi, will be retiring from Fairmont Hotels in March, 2014 after 39 years. It was a great run and now need to open a new chapter. Will stay in southwest Florida. Involved with the Florida SW Symphony and Faith Presbyterian Church. Lots to do. Hope everyone is fine.” AL KOVALICK messages, “Still working as a media consultant. Engineering is in my bones. Lowell and especially “Uncle” CARL KOENIG (Room 255, Physics) gave me a grand start towards Electrical Engineering. Thinking of ALAN LEE, RON EBER, NORM GILBERT, TIM HAZEN, DAVE ANGRESS, CONNNIE TOM NOGUCHI and SUE ZARUBIN O’NEIL. CONRAD CUMMINGS informs, “Still loving teaching composition in the Juilliard Evening Division. Did a fun show at Stanford in May all about how to make an opera from a famous novel, Vikram Seth’s ‘The Golden Gate.’ Just finished a song cycle for Met Opera tenor Keith Jameson for his debut CD, coming out this spring. Partner Robert’s oneman ten-mango musical ‘QuasiMango: the Lunchbox of Notre Dame’ is starting its East Coast tour.”
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FRANCISCO LOPEZ reports, “Trying to get off the grid. Volunteering on the WWII Liberty Ship Jeremiah O’Brien at Pier 45 and traveling.”
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ARLENE BASIN CORSETTI mentions, “Happily moved to St. Helena in Napa Valley. Enjoy two ‘great’ grandchildren.” DALE McKENNA exclaims, “Enjoyed our 45-year reunion! Looking forward to the 50th! Still practicing 30-plus years of chiropractic health care right up the street from Lowell.” PAUL & MAUREEN KEYAK LARSON relate, “We are enjoying life. Took an 11-day Scandinavian/Baltic cruise. Volunteered for a vodka tasting in Estonia. Good thing we were not driving after tasting 9 vodkas.”
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LISA TARTIKOFF ROSENTHAL expounds, “I continue to work part-time as a freelancer providing communication and writing services for the San Mateo County Office of Education and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. My work for the Gates Foundation has taken me on some fun travels to Nashville, Seattle, Phoenix and San Diego. Daughter Lindsay is a third-year resident in internal medicine at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. She married Josh Klein, an attorney and wonderful guy, a year ago. Daughter Emily is living near Boston and doing education and early childhood research for the American Institutes for Research. My husband Mark is retired, so with my reduced work schedule we are enjoying lots of travel to Hawaii, Europe, Israel, Africa and, of course, Boston and Los Angeles to see our kids.” SHELBORNE FUNG asks, “Is this a reunion year for our class? Greetings to all!” CHRISTINE WEINSTEIN recounts, “Started 2013 in Cuba, land of revolutionary slogans; music and art; school children in uniforms; warm, clear Caribbean waters; and roads shared by modern Chinese tour buses, 1950s American cars, horse-drawn carts, ox-drawn carts, tractors, horses, bicycles, old industrial trucks with a rectangular back section fitted with planks for seating and pedestrians. Our island adventure ended with a five-day birding trip where we saw 17 endemic species, including the Bee Hummingbird (world’s smallest bird). Thank you, relatives and friends (including our yoga buddies, travelers, book lovers, theater goers, walkers, musicians, foodies, moon sisters and golfers) who enrich our lives.” JACKSON WONG writes, “Resumed law practice, emphasizing business/corporate immigration law, particularly EB-5 immigrant investors.”
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NANCY LIM-YEE yells, “Greetings to my fellow classmates from the Class of 1970. Hope all is well with everyone. Looking forward to retiring in June 2014 after working in the SF Department of Public Health’s Community Behavioral Services Division for the past 39 years. Good health to all!” PHILIP MATTHEWS shares, “Enjoying law practice. I was just ranked in Chambers USA in the top band of insurance lawyers in the country and California. Love hiking and taking photos in my spare time.” JOY CHANG rejoices, “Back home in the Bay Area!” JOAN TOMAICH BUCHANAN, who currently represents District 16 (East Bay, including Danville, San Ramon and Livermore) in the California Assembly, is rumored as a possible candidate to replace long-time Bay Area
Congressman George Miller, who recently announced his retirement. WENDY LEE QUAN greets, “Hello fellow alums and happy holidays to all! I’ve successfully completed 30 years in management at Kaiser Permanente and have retirement in my sights. I enjoy gardening, caring for two adorable cats and travel to New Zealand and Germany. Am learning to play the ukelele.”
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KARIN FREID BAIRD messages, “Retired last year from teaching at Novato High (French). Keeping busy taking care of my parents (90 and 93 years old), swimming, and ‘living life.’ Love to see the ‘old gang’ from Lowell. Lotsa laughs and smiles! Still married (22 years) and have our son, Connor, at Sonoma State.” LEE SHELLY FORD relates, “Husband John and I are proud grandparents to Evelyn Raquel Ford. I’m still working at AAA – 42 years. Still married to my high school sweetheart John Ford (Washington HS grad) – 40 years. Family is growing with son Jason and his wife Mercedes, their daughter Evelyn, and daughter Jennifer with her fiance Donny Rocci. We are very blessed! Special shout out to DEBBIE BARNETT DENEEN and PAULA COLLINS GREEN, my best friends for over 40 years.”
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ANGELA CHAN bubbles, “My daughter Kelsey will be graduating from Tulane University in New Orleans with a B.S. in Public Health. She is thinking of pursuing a masters in nursing. My younger daughter Kenzie is thinking of studying business at Washington University in St. Louis. Classmates JOANNE JA, JEAN GEE and I went to Mount Rushmore in July 2013 and had a wonderful time together. We plan on more getaways in the future.” ABIGAIL JEUNG updates, “Physical Therapist degree from UCSF, now working as an Outcomes Manager for NaviHealth, Inc. in post-acute care management. Inducted into SF State Gator Sports Hall of Fame for tennis achievement (4 years on varsity team) and leadership as President of Phi Epsilon Gamma, women’s physical education service sorority.”
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MARC LOWE announces, “I am an adjunct professor in the Graduate School of Management at UC Davis.” MARC MACHBITZ shares, “Wife Lori and I live in Dallas, Texas. Kids are out of the house finishing college – Aaron at South Dakota State and Rachel at University of Texas at Arlington. I’m working for Ernst & Young in their Human Capital practice.” VERA SAFRONOFF GINOTTI relays, “Still at Kaiser San Francisco after 35 years. Welcomed my first grandchild last October and am looking forward to retirement!” VANESSA LUM writes, “Thanks so much to the reunion committee, it was a terrific party! My heart is warmed by the renewal of so many special relationships from ‘back in the day.’ Whether by facebook/e-mail, let’s keep in touch!” JOHN ROOS completed four years of service as U.S. Ambassador to Japan late last year. During his time in Japan, Ambassador Roos played a key role in the U.S. humanitarian effort to respond to the devastating 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis and
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Keeping In Touch… was the first U.S. Ambassador to Japan to attend the peace memorial services in both Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He has recently been named to the Board of Directors at salesforce.com. (Coincidentally, Ambassador Roos joined the salesforce.com board just as fellow Lowellite STRATTON SCLAVOS ’78 departed as a board member.)
“Greetings to all. Still in the Army/ California Army National Guard, loving life in Sacramento. Mother of two dogs and a cat. Playing bagpipes in a pipe band and back in Civil Air Patrol after many years away.”
1974
ELAINE FONG writes, “I’ve been teaching Business Law and Paralegal Studies at Pasadena City College for over 18 years. This past year, my students really surprised me by nominating me for an outstanding teacher award. I was honored (and humbled) by the nomination.”
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LISA COUGHLIN CLAY beams, “I am proud to be the parent of three Lowell alums: DONNIE ’04, ANGELINA ’07 and ANTHONY ’10.” MARKOS KOUNALAKIS updates, “My wife and I are back from nearly four years in Budapest, Hungary where we served our country. My wife was the U.S. Ambassador from January, 2010. I’m currently a Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford; my two boys, Neo and Eon, are Mandarin speakers and attend the Chinese American International School – I hope they go to Lowell in a few years!” GARY TERAGAWA, after a long career in law enforcement (including more than a dozen years with the California Highway Patrol), is a candidate for Colusa County Sheriff.
1977 ANTHONY GRUMBACH reports, “Currently working as Director of Professional Development at Farella Braun + Martel LLP.”
1980
RACHEL GORDON opines, “Digging the progress with same-sex marriage (thank you, judicial branch), happily raising a third grader and honored to be working for our city. (Take the pledge at www.sfgiantsweep.org.) And thanks for Lowell friendships dating back to the days of the Bee Gees and Queen.” [Editor’s Note: After 20 years writing for the SF Chronicle, Rachel is now Communications Director for the SF Department of Public Works.] EDNA FAY LEE expresses, “Feel blessed to be in touch with many Class of ’80 friends and enjoying my view of Lowell through my daughter’s eyes (Class of 2017).” LOU MOY FONG-WANG shares, “Brigette, now 16 years old, is applying for college. Bevan, husband of 27 years, is recuperating well from pancreatic cancer.”
ROBERT & PAT ROBLES VELARDE proclaim, “Greetings, Class of ’77 friends! Life’s good and we are happy here on the Peninsula after 30 years of marriage! Both our kids are married, out of the house and, best of all, we’re grandparents to two princes and one princess – the BEST gig ever! Can’t wait to retire and do some major traveling. Best wishes to all!”
We have yearbooks from 1981, 1989 and selected other years available for purchase. Please contact us at lowellaa@lowellalumni.org or (415) 759-7830 for more information.
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ROY ABENDROTH updates, “Back living in SF the last 10 years or so. Still in touch with many great Lowell friends, particularly from the music circles.”
DIANE BURKERT says, “Hello, all fellow Lowellites – can’t believe how the time has flown. Many fond memories of the Class of ’82. I’m still at AAA insurance after all these years working in technology. Would love to hear how old friends are doing – I’m at dburkert@aol.com.”
BENJAMIN LEUNG recalls, “Back in the days when we took maybe two or three AP classes, that was enough. Now it’s six or more for some kids. How do they do it? Look forward to running into old classmates.” [Editor’s Note: While interviewing Lowell seniors for our scholarship program a few years ago, we met a young lady who had taken a total of 22 AP exams during her high school years and she had no idea how unusual it was to have taken that many AP classes.]
1983
DAVID FINK reports, “Really enjoyed seeing old friends at the ‘Silk & Soul’ reunion event on August 17, 2013.”
JESSICA AMBINDER ROJAS, according to dad JERRY AMBINDER ’50, “is still editing for Dreamworks and now living in Redwood City.”
We have yearbooks from 1978 and selected other years available for purchase. Please contact us at lowellaa@lowellalumni.org or (415) 759-7830 for more information.
1979 GRACE MULLER EDINBORO offers,
LANA LEE KING greets, “Hello, everyone. Still living and working in SF as a Pediatric Oncology, BMT, and Hematology RN. Hope everyone is happy and healthy.”
SUSAN VALENTIN explains, “Enjoying life on the Peninsula as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner for the last 18 years and raising three beautiful teens.” VIVIAN YEE ENG announces, “Older daughter Jessica is enjoying her freshman year at Lowell. Younger daughter is in 7th grade at Presidio Middle School. Hoping to run into some of you sometime in the city.”
1984 DAVID HO shouts, “Best wishes to the Class of ’84!”
SARAH HUDSON says, “Hi! I’m still teaching kindergarten here in SF. My own son is 4 now. I’m proud that my two nieces are attending Lowell!” HANNAH WOLF informs, “Still working for Ubisoft and traveling frequently to France – many thanks to MS. SHELLEY for helping me get started with French! Hoping to see classmates at a 30-year reunion in 2014, if one is in the works.”
1986 JEANETTE HOM WONG rejoices, “Celebrating 20 years of marriage with a trip to London and Paris this summer. Still teaching elementary school in Foster City. Super proud of my daughter, Mackenzie, for ‘making it into Lowell’ this fall. She will graduate with the Class of 2017!”
1987 CECILIA CHUI LAMBERT announces, “Still happily married to the love of my life, Howard. Currently a Director of Tax at Western Digital in Irvine, CA. Hope everyone is doing well!”
1988 TONY LLANOS updates, “Hotel Controller at the Hotel G at 386 Geary Street in San Francisco. The hotel opens in 2014.”
1989 ALISON FOX MAZZOLA updates, “After teaching 2nd grade for 12 years, I am now teaching math pre-K to 8th grade and coaching teachers. Spending the summer swimming with my two kids.” LEE CHENG is “working hard to kill bad patents and keep the pathways clear for true innovators and entrepreneurs. Don’t settle — settling feeds the beast!” [Editor’s Note: Lee is General Counsel for Newegg.com, where he has recently been involved in some very high-profile patent litigation.]
1990 JIMMY WONG invites, “E-mail me at jimmy2006@gmail.com to reconnect!”
1995 MELINDA CHAN NGUYEN advises, “Save the date – we are planning to have our 20-year reunion sometime during Labor Day weekend 2015, if there is enough interest. Contact melindahouse@yahoo.com if you want to help plan or jump onto facebook and add your two cents.”
We have yearbooks from 1993, 1998, 1999 and selected other years available for purchase. Please contact us at lowellaa@lowellalumni.org or (415) 759-7830 for more information.
1997 BENSON JUNG wires, “Currently working
for the CPUC in San Francisco. Been there since 2008 and loving the work. Recently got promoted to Accounting Officer Specialist.” DIANE CHI LIANG remembers, “In high school, as a member of the Lincoln-Douglas debate team, I learned analytical and debate skills that remain crucial to me as an attorney. Thanks to the Lowell Alumni Association for supporting this enriching and fun-filled program for Lowellites.” LAUREN CHOI-DEA MARSHMAN announces that she and husband Joe Marshman “recently gave birth to our newest family member, Charlotte May Marshman. She and big brother Tristan are full of energy and cuteness!”
1999 MICHAEL TSZ CHUNG CHAN shares, “Still trucking along in Washington, DC. One more year left of graduate school and will see where to after that!” DANIEL SCOTT FINLAYSON jots, “I’m an officer in the U.S. Army, doing fine and loving life.”
We have yearbooks from 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010 and selected other years available for purchase. Please contact us at lowellaa@lowellalumni.org or (415) 759-7830 for more information.
2004 LILLIAN SIE happily reports, “Recently returned to San Francisco after conducting public health research in Taiwan for a year as a Fulbright Scholar. I would love to reconnect with folks who are still in the Bay Area.”
FACULTY PAUL LUCEY, former Lowell faculty member and administrator and Executive Director Emeritus of the Lowell Alumni Association, writes, “Attended the World Series at Fenway Park in Boston (Sox 6, Cards 1). The ‘bearded wonders’ are world champs – great! First time at Fenway. Big Papi aka David Ortiz is the inspirational hero.” [Editor’s Note: Many thanks to Paul for taking time to join us last year for the 50th anniversary of the Eucalyptus Drive campus – and belated best wishes for your 90th birthday last year, Paul!] LEE SILVERSTEIN recalls, “Teaching at Lowell (1983-2007) were the best years of my career. I loved the kids, coaching, working with some wonderful colleagues and support staff. I’m on ‘the right side of the grass’ and working on becoming ‘the six million dollar man’: back fusion, two new hips, scheduled for knee replacements (both sides) in 2014. Still active with junior golf and the John Susko Memorial Foundation. Continue to host largest high school invitational golf tournament in Northern California. Kids are grown, doing well. Merilee and I love Hawaii and spring training each year in Phoenix. Even so, I miss those great years at Lowell!”
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ARTHUR BECKER passed away on December 30, 2013, four days shy of his 102nd birthday, at which time he was one of Lowell’s oldest living alumni, if not the oldest. After service with the Army in WWII, he became affiliated with the Littleman supermarket chain, where he served for many years as Executive Vice President. His community service included stints as a commissioner, and later chairman, of the SF Parking Authority, after which Arthur worked as Director of the Parking Authority from 1967 to 1977. He was also a recognized and respected leader in the Jewish community. Preceded in death by Virginia, his wife of 44 years, Mr. Becker’s survivors include 10 great-grandchildren.
JOHN IGNOFFO, star basketball player (both at Lowell and the University of San Francisco) and owner of the Sunset Shoe Store on Irving Street for 37 years, passed away on June 10, 2013 with his family by his side.
HOWARD BRUCE “H.B.” ALVORD, a fourth-generation Californian, died at his home in Pebble Beach last year. A WWII veteran and recipient of the Purple Heart and Bronze Star, H.B. served as Treasurer and Tax Collector for Sacramento County and, later, Los Angeles County. Later in life, he was a mutual fund trustee for Citibank and Brown Brothers Harriman. H.B. is survived by his wife, Jean, as well as four daughters and four grandchildren.
ALVIN BENAS passed away in February 2012, just three months before his 100th birthday. After graduating from Lowell and working for a year to be able to afford college, he attended UC Berkeley, earning his Chemistry degree in 1935. In the midst of the Great Depression, he worked as a Fuller Brush man, theater usher and even spun cables during construction of the Bay Bridge (despite a fear of heights!). After service in the Pacific in WWII, he returned to San Francisco to work as a chemist for the City and County of San Francisco, eventually retiring in 1977 as Superintendent of the Water Pollution Control Plant at San Francisco International Airport. He pursued various post-retirement interests, including his active support for the San Francisco Giants. DORIS LIEB BLUM, born in Vancouver, Canada in 1911, died 101 years later, on May 21, 2013 in San Francisco. After her family moved to San Francisco when she was only a year old, Doris spent the rest of her long and fulfilling life in the city she so dearly loved. Following college at UC Berkeley, she followed in her father’s footsteps by entering the retail fur business. She and her husband Ben, who passed away in 1980, enjoyed annual family trips to Lake Tahoe each August and Hawaii each December. A world traveler, Doris was both dedicated and generous to San Francisco institutions, including Mount Zion Hospital, the Jewish Federation of San Francisco and Theta Delta Xi sorority. A superb hostess, her friends prized an invitation to Passover seder, Yom Kippur break the fast, or other events. Doris is survived by two sons, three grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren.
1933 LEONARD F. ROBINSON, a graduate of the UC Berkeley Engineering School and founder of the L.F. Robinson & Associates engineering firm (now RMJ & Associates), had a long career designing major structures in San Francisco and beyond. The capstone building of his career was St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco. Mr. Robinson passed away peacefully on October 25, 2013 at the age of 98. MARCELLE THEIL GRANGER, a lifelong teacher of French, including 44 years teaching French at the Berkeley Adult School, passed away on February 10, 2013.
1935 LELAND ROY FELTON, who passed away on February 26, 2013, lived a full and accomplished life. Lee commuted (by ferry) to UC Berkeley for three years, after which he was admitted to the UC San Francisco Medical School in 1938. Following marriage and service in WWII, Dr. Felton resumed his radiological practice for more than 30 years with Mount Zion Hospital and UCSF. He and his beloved wife Jeanne were lifelong friends with Robert Mendle ’35 and his wife Barbara Murphy Mendle ’36.
1937 ARNOLD BERWICK, who practiced law in San Jose for 25 years and was a proud member of the Norwegian Club and Sons of Norway, passed away peacefully at home at the age of 93 in January 2013. ALBERTA FOWLER MICHELSON, age 93, passed away on September 15, 2013 in Redwood City. Following service in WWII as a U.S. Army logistician, Alberta made a career in the import/export business. She was also a devoted volunteer with the San Mateo Historical Society and Notre Dame High School. DR. WARD HART, a graduate of Stanford and St. Louis Medical School and WWII veteran who practiced internal medicine in San Carlos for 35 years, died on November 30, 2013. A charter member of the Sharon Heights Golf & Country Club, Dr. Hart held score cards for the 705 golf courses he had played around the world. He is survived by his wife, Frances, to whom he was married 68 years, as well as four children and seven grandchildren. MILDRED HELLER CORNETT passed away in Santa Rosa on May 1, 2013. Her college years at UC Berkeley were cut short following a whirlwind romance and marriage to Army Air Corps fighter pilot Billy Cornett in 1941. She and Billy spent the next 30 years bouncing around the planet with the U.S. Air Force. They retired to the family vineyard in Hopland, California, described by Mildred as her “dream come true.” Billy preceded her in death as did her sister Georgia Heller Bellamy ’35.
1938 BETTY DAWES JENSEN died in 2013. EARL D. HORWITZ died in 2012. TED NEEDHAM, who was always proud to say he had graduated from Lowell and represented the school as a member of the diving team, died in 2007. JACK SLOAN has died. MARION SULLIVAN FITCHETT passed away on January 2, 2013. STANLEY V. WILSON, JR., WWII veteran and member of the fabled 101st Airborne “Screaming Eagles”, earned his MBA from Stanford on the G.I. bill and worked for Standard Oil before becoming General Manager of Fastener Supply Company. He will be remembered as a gentleman’s gentleman. WILLIAM MOORE, well-known general contractor who was part of the team that developed the first high-rise hotel on Waikiki Beach in 1954, had a very successful career in hotel and restaurant ownership and management with Belle Haven Realty, the family business. He passed away at his home in Atherton on July 5, 2013.
1939 JACK WHELAN died on February 7, 2012 from injuries sustained in a fall. Jack left Lowell in 1938 when his family moved to the Peninsula.
EVE VOIGT HOLLENBERG has passed away. GEORGE GOOD passed away on April 21, 2013. CARLA MARIE WAGNER REITER passed away in San Francisco on May 29, 2013. A graduate of UC Berkeley, she participated in the Alpine Club and Mountain Play as a young woman. During WWII, she worked as a manager for McClellan Orchid Growers, later joining her husband Victor, who predeceased her, in the nursery business. Their home and gardens were always open and welcoming to visitors from around the world. Her smile and bright eyes will be missed. Survivors include her brother, Charles Wagner ’44, and daughters Victoria Reiter Cronander ’68 and Virginia Reiter Scudder ’72.
1941 DR. JOHN N. CALLANDER, a respected orthopedic surgeon in the Bay Area for more than 60 years, passed away at home, surrounded by his loving family, on June 9, 2013, just a few days after his 90th birthday. After attending Lowell and graduating from Philips Exeter Academy, John went to Stanford and then Johns Hopkins Medical School. Following service as an Air Force doctor at Travis Air Force Base during the Korean War, he returned to San Francisco to begin his orthopedic practice. In 2009, Dr. Callander was named a recipient of the Charlotte Baer award from the UC San Francisco Medical School for his dedication as both a clinical professor and mentor to orthopedic medical students. A well-known philanthropist, John was also a competitive squash player who was ranked #1 in his age group for doubles squash. He is survived by Barbara, his wife of 64 years; six children; 16 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. WILLIAM HENDRICKSON III, a fourthgeneration Californian and WWII veteran who saw action in the Battle of the Bulge, later earned his degree in Civil Engineering from Yale University. After a successful career at Pabco Paint Company and Fiberboard Corporation, he retired to begin a second career in real estate investing. An adept and skilled horseman as a young man, Bill also enjoyed relaxing at his Lake Tahoe vacation home, where he skied and boated. While he was known for his strength, his quiet reserve and business acumen, it was no secret that Bill could be counted on to cry “at the drop of a hat” when an occasion moved him as so many did. Despite his many achievements, Bill will be most fondly remembered for his commitment to his wife Jeanne (who predeceased him) and his loving children and for being a man who lived a life with distinction and honor. He leaves a legacy that his children and family can be proud of and that will endure with the countless people whose lives he touched. ELEANOR WISE VAYSSIE THOREAU, a devoted mother and grandmother who tirelessly supported her family, passed away on August 27, 2013 at her home in Menlo Park. Eleanor’s first husband was Lowell classmate Robert Vayssie ’41.
HENRY YIP, a WWII veteran who worked for nearly 30 years for the US Postal Service, passed away on June 19, 2013. FREDERICK WARNKE has passed away.
1942 HATSURO “HATS” AIZAWA, who was attending Lowell and living in San Francisco’s Japantown until the forced removal of his family, first to the Tanforan Detention Center and then the Topaz (Utah) Relocation Center. Following the war, Hats completed his studies at Cal and was one of the first Japanese Americans to open a successful graphic design business, Aizawa and Furuta, in San Francisco, where he decided to focus on a Japanese clientele to promote better relations between the two countries. During this time, he also served as one of the founding members of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Northern California as well as being appointed as the first Japanese American to serve for several terms as a Commissioner for the Asian Art Museum. Hats also served on the Board of Directors for many other community organizations during his lifetime. In 2012, he was bestowed the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays from the Japanese government for his longstanding dedication to bettering relations between the country of Japan and the U.S. Hats is survived by Amey, his wife of 67 years. MARY VON RAVEN FORTH, a career educator with the SF Unified School District, died on October 9, 2013 of complications from a stroke at the age of 89. Following her retirement, Mary was active with the Native Daughters of the Golden West, the Christian Science Church and the San Francisco State University alumni group. GEORGE “MIKE” POULO of South San Francisco passed away on June 15, 2013 in the presence of his family. He retired in 1987 from PG&E after 43 years of service.
1943 JACK COOPER, resident of Tiburon, passed away at home on November 25, 2013 at the age of 88. After enlisting in the Navy at age 17 (with his parents’ consent) and serving in the Pacific Theater, Jack returned to build a successful career as a real estate appraiser and mortgage broker until his retirement in 1995. HENRY HANS HERZ, with his loving family at his side, passed away on September 16, 2013. Following service in WWII as an Army medic in the Pacific, he opened Browns Stationers in South San Francisco in 1950 and remained in the office furniture and supply business for over 50 years. A member of the San Mateo Elks Club and Master Mason for more than five decades, Henry is survived by his wife of 63 years, Carol, two sons and four grandchildren. ELIZABETH “BETTY” LOUISE MCINERNEY KEEGAN, long-time employee of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and mother of three and grandmother to seven, died peacefully on August 7, 2013. RICHARD SALTZMAN, WWII veteran and professional jazz musician who was known for his popular Saturday afternoon jazz concerts at the San Francisco Hyatt Regency hotel in the 1970s, died on June 15, 2013.
1944 CAROLE MEYER ROBINSON, who passed away on November 8, 2013, will be remembered for her vitality, elegance, imagination, spontaneous creativity, sublime taste
Winter 2013/2014 u Lowell Alumni Association u Page 17 and signature hair. She always extended herself to make others’ lives worth celebrating. Her sense of humor and passion for life only paled in comparison to her generosity. After college, she went on to work as a bridal consultant for I. Magnin in the late 1940s. Later she became an interior designer and artist, and she mastered the craft of flower arranging, especially white ones in exotic varieties. She could transform bundles of nothing into gorgeous bouquets. She grew, and especially enjoyed, orchids. WILLIAM H. NOVALES, JR., a native of Guatemala and U.S. Army veteran, graduated from San Francisco State University (where he met his wife Marianne, with whom he spent 54 years until her death in 2009) before a 65-year career as a piano teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area. He loved classical music and was an accomplished musician and the President of the Golden Gate Branch of the Music Teachers Association for many years. DONALD AINSWORTH died in March 2012. SHIRLEY HURWITZ COHN passed away on February 13, 2013. HARVEY STEINBERG passed away in September 2012. DANIEL MACDONALD passed away on January 7, 2013 at his San Francisco home. Following WWII service with the U.S. Navy, Dan continued to serve his country as a Special Agent with the FBI. A fitness and health enthusiast, Dan liked to run on his treadmill, lift weights and read about health – but he enjoyed a little ice cream, too. Laughter permeated Dan’s life; he enjoyed a good joke, a funny cartoon, and shared his own humor through carefully planned homemade birthday cards and nicknames for family members. Dan endured the loss of his first wife in 2000, but was blessed to remarry. During the past ten years Dan and his wife Griselda travelled the world, entertained, enjoyed family, and shared their love of music.
1945 PATRICIA JEAN CUMMINGS MUNOZPLAZA “has gone to be with the Lord,” according to a message we received from her family. MILDRED HEDBERG MARTIN has died. MARY IRENE QUIGLEY, a UC Berkeley alumna and retired employee of the San Francisco Recorder’s Office, passed away on August 12, 2013. BARBARA MARCH SMITH of Chevy Chase, Maryland, passed away on December 13, 2012. Barbara was a teacher before launching a successful business career. She and her husband of 64 years, Edgar, lived at various times in Connecticut, France and Carmel, California before moving to the Washington, D.C. area to be closer to family. A devoted watercolorist, she gave freely of her art. Barbara is survived by three children and five grandchildren.
1946 BARBAR A JUNE L AW R ENCE MCCONNELL, who worked for the American Cancer Society, the Girl Scouts, the Great Books Foundation and the Healdsburg School District in various roles, retired in 1993. Following her husband Bob’s death in 2008, Barbara moved to Rossmoor. She passed away on October 29, 2013, survived by her three sons, six grandchildren and many friends throughout the Bay Area and beyond.
1947 PHYLLIS “COOKIE” MONCHARSH SOCKOLOV, a San Francisco State University alumna, wife of Dr. Ronald
Sockolov ’43 (who died in 2012) for 62 years, passed away peacefully on December 11, 2013 in Roseville, California. Cookie loved her family, always wanted to do for others, and was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Her daily example to her children of living with kindness, humor, love and happiness was a gift to us all. She is going to be greatly missed. Survivors include her three children, all of whom are Lowell grads: Ronald ’70, Alvin ’72 and Sophie ’74. ROY KENNETH MURDOCK, a long-time resident of McLean, Virginia, died on March 17, 2013. A graduate of UC Berkeley’s School of Engineering and member of both the Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society and Sigma Xi scientific research honor society, Roy later taught engineering classes at Stanford and USC. Following service in Japan and Korea with the Army, Roy began what turned into a 35-year career with Mobil Oil Corporation and retired in 1988 as General Manager of Crude and Gas Liquids. After retiring, he continued to work part-time as a consultant and author. Mr. Murdock is survived by his wife, Helen, as well as three children, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. DIMITRI ILYIN died on February 8, 2013 in Greenbrae after a long illness. A graduate of UC Berkley and Hastings College of the Law, he practiced law for 52 years before retiring in 2012. Too young to serve in WWII, Dimitri became a California Forestry fire fighter and eventually commanded his own crew. He was an avid collector of antique rifles and muskets, and loaned a Russian artillery piece from his collection to Fort Ross for display and for use in their yearly celebrations. Dimitri was predeceased by his wife Donna.
1948 JEAN ROSE DRAGO LEVEY was raised on Broadway near Fillmore Street and always had many stories about walking the hills to school, having malts at the Fillmore drug store, and eating coffee crunch cake at Blum’s. She was a bridge fanatic, playing a good part of her life both locally and throughout the U.S., and although she had stopped playing later in life, she kept up and was very proud of her “Life Master” status. This kind, caring, easy-going woman with a heart of gold left us on September 12, 2013 but will remain in the hearts and minds of all who knew her. DR. HUBERT MARCUS was a very talented musician who enjoyed sharing his gift by composing musicals, conducting his own band in high school (including gigs at the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park) and playing the piano. Well-known for his dry sense of humor, he graduated from UC Berkeley and the UC San Francisco Medical School, where he completed his training as an eye surgeon and ophthalmologist. Hubert specialized in cataract surgery for 43 years. Survivors include his wife, Diane, along with three children and six grandchildren. He was predeceased by his brother Sanford Marcus ’36. ANNETTE BEATRICE ROSE ERLICK, a UC Berkeley alumna and former social worker, passed away on October 4, 2013. An active volunteer with school and community groups, Annette was a long-time employee of Macy’s and the Emporium department stores as well as Computax. DAVID M. SCHOENFELD, a life-long resident of San Francisco who wouldn’t have had it any other way, passed away in September 2013. David’s first wife was fellow alum Rose Beckman ’49, mother to their three sons. After 32 years of marriage, Rose passed away in 1985. Mutual friends later introduced David to Lowell alumna Claire Schwartz ’46, to whom David was married for 27 years at the time of his death. For nearly 60 years, he has a successful residential real estate broker. David’s foundation was one of enduring optimism and positive outlook on life. He looked for the good in people and saw every interac-
tion as an opportunity to find friendship and love. He always understood the importance of balance in life. Family and friends were the center of his existence (along with the SF Giants and 49ers), and this is a legacy his family shares today. He was much loved, and importantly, he knew it. He will be deeply missed. MARVIN ALLEN HOFFMAN, a dyed in the wool Lowellite and tremendous friend to so many, passed away at home on October 22, 2013, surrounded by loved ones. Marv was a wonderful human being who lived life to the fullest and will be remembered as a caring husband, father, grandfather, uncle and valued friend to many. Marv earned the rank of Eagle Scout while in Troop 17 in San Francisco in 1945 and participated as a page at the United Nations Conference on International Organization, held in San Francisco in October 1945. At Lowell, his blazing speed led to setting the All-City record in the 100-yard dash that lasted until the 1980s. After graduating from Lowell, he joined his family in running the family business, Day’s tavern and restaurant in downtown San Francisco. He worked alongside his parents and, later, his brother in managing the popular watering hole, meeting the regulars, and hosting tournaments in backgammon and darts until they closed the doors in 1985. After two earlier marriages ended in divorce, Marv met his soul mate and best friend, Susan Arnot, on a blind date in 1972. After marrying in 1976, they shared more than 60 trips around the globe. Once Marvin became your friend, you had a friend for life. It didn’t matter who you were or where you were from, Marv would always be there for you. Casual acquaintances quickly became lifelong friends. And in later years, Marv’s incredible courage and resiliency in the face of declining medical heath proved inspirational to all. The family has asked that memorial donations by made to the Lowell Alumni Association and earmarked for the track team. [Editor’s Note: To date, Marv’s classmates and other friends have donated more than $2,000 in his memory. Many thanks to all who have helped to honor the memory of this kind and wonderful man.]
1949 ARTHUR ELLSWORTH, a descendant of California pioneers, died in June 2013. PATRICIA HALL STELLING passed away peacefully at home on September 3, 2013. She took great pleasure in enjoying the simple things such as cooking, gardening, her pets, old movies, creative projects, taking walks and most of all just being an incredibly devoted mother and grandmother. WARREN KARBY passed away on July 5, 2013.
1950 ROBERT EMMET ALLEN, JR., a UC Berkeley alumnus who enjoyed a long career in computer software development and financial management, died on September 26, 2013 in Emeryville. He is survived by his wife, Gertrude, and brother Dwight ’51. PATRICIA GALE GOLDSWORTHY has died. DONALD MACMILLAN, UC Berkeley alumnus and member of the American Institute of Architects, passed away on October 21, 2013. Don was predeceased by brother Richard ’43 and is survived by his wife Emmy. HOWARD MORROW, a fourth-generation San Franciscan and member of the Society of California Pioneers, passed away on November 4, 2013 after a brief illness. At UC Berkeley, Howard rowed on the crew team under the legendary Ky Ebright and was inducted into the Big C Society. His career included positions in sales at Kaiser Steel as well as numerous positions in the title
insurance industry and his own mortgage brokerage business. Howard is survived by his long-time partner, Peggy Hoffman, along with children and grandchildren. RACHELLE REYES, a long-time Marina District resident whose life’s journey included dance, teaching, education and community involvement passed away on June 6, 2013. She danced first with the Anderson Sisters School of Dance in the Richmond District, then with the San Francisco Ballet, the Mason-Kahn Dancers, the Esther Williams Show in New York City and in the High Sierra Theater at the Sahara Hotel in Lake Tahoe. Among her many career highlights was the 1960 New Year’s Day Show of Stars at San Quentin Prison. Following her stage career, Rachelle began what became a 30-year career as a dedicated elementary school teacher in San Francisco, retiring in 1995. Her retirement years were filled with a wide range of social activities.
1951 GORDON REED, Lowell student body President and varsity basketball player, died on May 18, 2013 in Naples, Florida. Gordon was a commercial pilot for Aloha Airlines. CARL SPIESS passed away in Grand Prairie, Texas on April 27, 2013 from the effects of melanoma. Carl was a retired computer programmer/analyst who had worked for Metropolitan Life Insurance in their Wichita, Kansas operations center. BERNICE BACIOCCO RAFFO, following a sudden, brief hospitalization, died on May 11, 2013. A graduate of San Jose State University, she worked for Standard Oil before marrying her husband of 55 years, David Raffo, in 1958. In her later years, Bernice was revered for her 30 years of love and service as the volunteer manager of the gift shop at Nazareth House retirement home. Among her survivors is brother Albert Baciocco ’49.
1952 BROCK REID SETTLEMIER, SR., former President and CEO of Bigge Crane and Rigging Company, passed away on August 1, 2013 after a two-year battle with prostate cancer. Brock attended Lowell but graduated from Tamalpais High School. Brock is survived by Marlene, his wife of 56 years, as well as his brother Grant ’50.
1953 MARGERY SAUNDERS HELLMANN died on March 6, 2012.
1956 REV. BRENDA ENMEIER STIERS died unexpectedly on November 10, 2013 in Boulder, Colorado after battling sepsis. Brenda dedicated her life to helping others through her ministry in the United Church of Christ and extensive volunteer service. Her long career included executive leadership positions at the Commission on Aging in Greenwich, CT; the Council of Churches and Synagogues of Lower Fairfield County, CT; The Riverside Church, New York; and the Greenwich YWCA. Brenda is survived by her husband, Tom, as well as two children and many other loving relatives. THOMAS TIMOTHY NYHAN, dedicated member of the San Francisco Fire Department and tireless organizer of Lowell class reunions, passed away at home on December 16, 2013. After retiring as Captain in the Fire Prevention and Inspection Bureau, he became a well-known expert and lecturer on fire safety. Tom spent many years coaching high school sports, including track at Burlingame High School, Santa Rosa High School and Maria Carrillo High School (in
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In Memoriam Santa Rosa) and, more recently, football at Maria Carrillo. Tom is survived by his wife, Corrine, as well as a host of family and other friends, including a great number of appreciative classmates.
1957 GERALDINE PURDIE FEHR, who spent most of her adult life in Salt Lake City, passed away on September 10, 2013. Survivors include her brother Bruce Purdie ’62. JUDITH MANICH FISCHER, a former dental assistant who will long be remembered for her caring service at Hospice of the Bay and the Janet Pomeroy Center, died on April 26, 2013.
1958 CAMILLA PEARSALL ADAMS passed away on April 5, 2012.
1959 PHILIP CROSBY, known at Lowell as a distinguished member of the Lowell Forensic Society who competed at the national championships, passed away in 2013. His family provided us with a poem that Phil wrote while living in New York that displays his love of nature and ability to describe much in a very few words. The Gannets (in the Gulf of St. Lawrence) by Philip B. Crosby a world of crying, the females sat on nests, blue eyes fierce as glass, greeting males . . . long necks entwining, stroking and crying, their bills clacked like wooden swords and the music of sticks beating on rocks. GEORGE LENT HOWARD passed away on November 15, 2012. Survivors include his brother, Duncan Lent Howard ’59.
1960 BROOKS HALLISEY ERIKSON died on December 9, 2009.
1962 STEPHEN MITTEL, voted “Class CutUp” in the Lowell yearbook, died on June 1, 2013 after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. Always a prankster on the outside, he was described by classmate Ken Atterman ’62 as “one of the most caring and generous people I have ever known.” A fifth-generation San Franciscan, Stephen was co-founder of Montgomery Securities and founder and general partner of Nob Hill Capital Partners. He also co-founded the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in 1978 and was active with various social and community organizations. Survivors include his wife, Pamela Hirsch Mittel ’67, along with sister-in-law Susan Hirsch Bloom ’64 and her husband Jon Bloom ’62. ALEXANDER R. VON HAUFFE died unexpectedly on January 3, 2014. Born in Tokyo, he emigrated to the United States in 1956. He worked for United Airlines, Bank of America and, for the past 13 years, CalTrans. A lover of movies and opera, he had a heart of gold.
1963 LANI (ELENA) GEORGENA RIEKMAN O’TOOLE died unexpectedly in her sleep on May 5, 2013. A 38-year resident of Pacifica, her infectious humor was enjoyed by all as was her dedication to family, music and friends. Survivors included sister Stephanie Riekman ’67.
1964 NANCY LEW passed away on September 4, 2013 after battling cancer for a year. Nancy enjoyed a 40-year career as a Public Health/ Managing Nurse with the San Francisco Department of Public Health, finally retiring in June 2012. MICHAEL MACKENZIE, a WWII veteran and educator who was a teacher and administrator of education for the California Department of Corrections, died of complications of multiple sclerosis on April 28, 2013. GAIL SULLIVAN lost her battle with lymphoma on November 23, 2013. Following her career as a Teamsters Union organizer, she volunteered at Oakland’s Elizabeth House and Head Start while also pursuing many artistic endeavors.
1965 ROBERT SUSNOW was incorrectly listed in the last issue of the newsletter as Richard Susnow. We sincerely apologize for the error. SUSAN DESPOTAKIS passed away on December 4, 2012 after a long battle with cancer. Among her survivors is brother Ken Despotakis ’68.
1968 GINA LUKE TRAINER passed away in 2009. WILLIAM “WILLIE” CHERIN, graduate of Arizona State University, consummate sports fan and a fixture (no pun intended) at Cherin’s Appliances for over 30 years, passed away December 7, 2013. Among his relatives are many Lowell alumni: Louis Cherin ’32 (his father, who predeceased him) and siblings Feralee Cherin Levin ’59, Donald ’62, Martin ’64 and Susan Cherin Rushakoff ’76.
1970 CRIS GUTIERREZ, San Francisco writer and activist, died August 4, 2013 from complications of pancreatic cancer. A member of Lowell High School’s class of 1970, she was expelled in 1969 for, as she put it, “enjoying the Sixties too much.”
1971 AMY FONG LUCARINI, owner of Lucarini Upholstery in San Francisco with her late husband Roberto, died on June 9, 2013. BRIAN KEVIN FOSTER of Haleiwa, Hawaii passed away at his home in Novato on October 18, 2013. A true entrepreneur, he owned a food brokerage business and, later in life, a coffee cart business at Lake Tahoe. Most recently, he managed was involved in the music business in Hawaii.
1973 WILLIAM BRUCE TRAVIS passed away unexpectedly on June 16, 2013 at the age of 58. His working days were spent as a general contractor and he dedicated his life to playing rugby, sailing the bay, family, and friends. Survivors include his brother Monte ’70. MARY BACIGALUPI died on May 16, 2013 after an eight-year battle with cancer. Mary spent more than three decades in the telecommunications industry and enjoyed a range of hobbies and interests including crafting, Disneyland vacations and visits to the dog park. She will be remembered for her fighting spirit and loving heart.
1974
STEVE GREEN, long-time Vacaville High School football coach and English teacher, passed away in August, 2013 after a long bout with cancer. A larger than life figure on the Vacaville High School campus, Steve will be remembered as a mainstay in the community as well as on the football field. His recital of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech was a staple every third week of January at the school where he taught and coached for 32 years. In recognition of his service, hundreds gathered for a memorial service at Tom Zunido stadium.
1980 MICHAEL CASTAGNETTO III, the proud third-generation owner of Glen Park Roofing, passed away on June 19, 2013 at the age of 51. He is survived by his wife, Linda, along with many family members and other friends. TERRI KELLMAN SKOV, a beautiful and loving woman whose devotion to family transcended everything she did, died November 26, 2013 at home in Oakland after a long and valiant battle against multiple sclerosis at age 50. One of the fist women to join the San Francisco Fire Department, she was named valedictorian of her fire academy class. Terri is survived by husband Peter Skov ’81, sons Shayne and Patrick (both student-athletes on the Stanford football team) and daughters Olivia and Annika.
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CARRIE STEINBERG SILVER, named for a song by “The Hollies” and a graduate of UC Davis, passed away on December 31, 2013 after a long illness. During and after college, she played with the UC Davis and Stanford marching bands. Carrie was a world traveler who is survived by husband Damon and their seven-year-old son, Sam.
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ANASTASIA MEDVEDEVA died on January 21, 2013.
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RON MOSKOWITZ, the education reporter for the San Francisco Examiner who, along with Ruth Kadish (who passed away in August 2011), was largely responsible for rallying the Lowell community and others to successfully oppose an effort in the early 1960s to transform Lowell into a regular comprehensive neighborhood high school, passed away on October 31, 2013 in San Francisco at the age of 80. (You can read more about the “Crisis of ’61” in the Fall 2006 issue of the alumni newsletter, available at www.lowellalumni.org.) In 1964, Governor Edmund G. “Pat” Brown (Lowell Class of June 1923) appointed Mr. Moskowitz as California’s first Education Secretary. Ron returned to journalism in 1968 as education reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle until his retirement in 1980. The Lowell community will always be grateful to Ron Moskowitz and Ruth Kadish for their invaluable service in preserving Lowell High School as an academic magnet high school serving students from throughout San Francisco.
Gerald (Jerry) Coleman Gerald (Jerry) Coleman, class of 1942, a highly decorated fighter pilot who had a fifty-year association with major league baseball, died in San Diego on January 5, 2014. He was 89. Mr. Coleman was born in San Jose, California in 1924 and graduated from Lowell High School in 1942. He was discovered by a Yankee scout while playing sandlot baseball in San Francisco. After graduation, he played in the minor leagues and, later that year, when he turned eighteen and met the age requirement, enlisted in the Navy’s preflight program and was assigned to the Marine Corps.
Mr. Coleman said the proudest day of his life was April 1, 1944, the day he received his pilot’s wings. He flew fiftyseven missions in the Solomon Islands and the Philippines during World War II. After the war, he returned to the Yankees farm system before making it to the big leagues in 1949, when he was named AP Rookie of the Year. In 1950 he was an selected for the All-Star team, as well as being chosen the MVP of the World Series. In 1952 Mr. Coleman was recalled to active duty and flew sixty-three missions in the Korean War. He is the only major leaguer to serve in combat in two wars, and he received numerous commendations, including three Navy Citations and two Distinguished Flying Crosses. He returned to the Yankees at the end of the 1953 season and played four more seasons, hitting .364 in the 1957 World Series against the Braves before retiring. His career with the Yankees spanned the years 1949-1957, during which the Yankees won four World Series titles. After his retirement as a player, Mr. Coleman was part of the legendary Yankees broadcast team from 1963-1969. He became a broadcaster for the San Diego Padres in1972, a position in which he remained for forty years, with the exception of a oneyear stint as manager of the team. Mr. Coleman is a beloved figure in the Padres organization; a statue of him stands at Padres stadium. In 2005 Mr. Coleman received the Ford Frick Award for broadcasting, which honors a person who has made major contributions to baseball, from the National Baseball Hall of Fame. He is also a member of the Marine Corps Sports Hall of Fame.
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Alumni Help Allows Dragon Boat Crews to Compete In Vancouver By Sierra Coathup ’15 This past summer the Lowell Dragon Boat team raced in Vancouver at the 25th annual Rio Tinto Alcan Dragon Boat Festival. The team sent two crews, 46 paddlers in all, to compete in the two-day race. Originally there were some financial issues that prohibited some students from going on the trip, but with a generous $3,000 grant from the Lowell Alumni Association to supplement the team’s own fundraising, the team was able to field two strong crews. Although Lowell’s crews (the Cardinal Crewzers and the Lowell Red Tide) did not bring back a gold medal as hoped, they placed 2nd and 4th, the team’s highest placing in the event in five trips since 2003. In addition to being a sporting event, the trip also served as a cultural experience. For some, this was their first time in a foreign country and, for others, their first trip to Canada. The team explored Vancouver during a five-day four-night stay, and some of the activities included a visit to the aquarium, sampling Canadian cuisine, and visiting the many shops and boutiques of downtown Vancouver. Overall, the trip was a success and the team is ever grateful for the support from the Alumni Association. The 9th Annual Lowell Dragon Boat Paddle-a-thon was held on December 20, 2013 as part of the team’s effort to make another run at gold in Vancouver in 2014. [Editor’s Note: Lowell’s dragon boat teams are coached by faculty member and alumnus Brian Danforth ‘84]
An Illustrated History of Lowell High School 1856–2006
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2013 Commencement Procession Includes Alumni Group A small but spirited group of more than a dozen alumni celebrating significant anniversaries of their own Lowell High School graduation, clad in cap and gown, proudly followed members of the Class of 2013 into Bill Graham Civic Auditorium last May as part of a tradition that was launched in 2006 as part of Lowell’s sesquicentennial celebration. Graduates from 1963, 1973 (the largest group), 1983, 1988 and 1993 enjoyed this special opportunity to meet and share an important lifetime milestone event with current students. Once again, the physical presence of these alums helped to impress upon our newest fellow alumni that they are part of a much larger Lowell family, stretching back all the way to the 1850s, as part of the heritage of the oldest public high school in the west. If you are a Lowell graduate who will be celebrating a major reunion in 2014 (classes of 1934, 1939, 1944, 1954, 1964, 1974, 1984, 1989, 1994 or 2004), you’re cordially invited to join us on Wednesday, May 28 to participate in commencement. You can register online by visiting http://lowellalumni.givezooks.com or contact us at 2014commencement@lowellalumni.org or (415) 759-7830.
Young alums (from left) Jenny Yee ’93, Carina Mifuel ’93, Anne Lucas-Quesada ’83 (mother of Class of 2013 graduate Matthew Quesada) and James Lee ’88.
Lowell ’73 grads (from left) Sharon Lapin, Dr. David Lieu, Glenn Ng, Mark Mosheim, Virginia Cacal and Maggie Yee Yue-Chu.
Paul Rosenberg ’63 (right) with classmate Donald Bohn ’63